Despite our great advances in medical technology, Cardiovascular Disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the hallmarks. It is believed that the first correlation between coronary flow and angina pectoris was made by William Heberden in 1768, but its anatomical remarks were only described by 1829, when Jean Lobstein introduced the term Arteriosclerosis, reporting an abnormal formation in arterial walls. Later, in 1856, Rudolph Virchow suggested an arterial wall injury mechanism that […]
