Heart disease, a leading cause of death in Western countries, often refers to a condition called atherosclerosis. This disease is characterized by the buildup of plaque in arteries, which narrows ...

Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210008, China ...

regarding the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in adults in primary care settings. Methods: CPGs were retrieved from MEDLINE, Trip, guideline repositories, and ...

Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China Center of Clinical Pharmacology, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, ...

The researchers found that changes in biochemical signaling pathways occur in the vascular cells during the development of atherosclerosis. "As a cell grows into the plaque and stiffens ...

It means imaging does not show a buildup of calcified plaque in the heart’s blood ... This process is known as atherosclerosis. Having both a high CAC score and high cholesterol levels could ...

Background: Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (coronary heart disease; CHD) is the leading cause of death in women worldwide, and the number of patients and deaths is increasing each year.

Alaska LNG Phase 2 includes the infrastructure required to liquefy the gas and export it. AGDC’s announcement came three days after the corporation had unveiled the framework agreement with a ...

This paradigm, in which inflammation is an instrumental process in plaque development and rupture, is further supported by studies showing that immune subsets are operative in atherosclerosis.

Stroke secondary to intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is associated with high recurrence risk despite currently available secondary prevention strategies. In patients with systemic ...