Imagine being able to know whether plaque is building up in the arteries of your heart that could one day lead to a heart ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of ...

A recent prospective study carried out in Korea and the US investigated the location of plaque ruptures in native coronary arteries with the use of three-vessel intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been ...

The findings represent the first step to potentially augmenting current risk models with Lp(a) measurements, the author says.

An individual may develop a rupture of an atheromatous plaque at any stage of the spectrum of coronary artery disease. The acute rupture of a plaque may lead to an acute myocardial infarction ...

IVL has gained attention in recent years as a more precise, efficient, and effective treatment for tough arterial calcium.

An acute coronary syndrome occurs when atherosclerotic coronary plaque becomes unstable, leading to a series of events eventually resulting in partial or total thrombotic occlusion of a coronary ...

A thrombus is an important component of the active and unstable atherosclerotic coronary plaque. A thrombus exhibits unique physical properties and commonly displays profound abnormal vascular ...

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