Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Lipoprotein a (Lp(a)) is known to be associated with coronary artery disease and carotid artery atherosclerosis. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP226-ATP226, February 1, 2024. Lp(a) levels were categorized into two groups: below 50 mg/dl and 50 mg/dl or higher.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Rapid, accurate diagnosis and characterization of carotid atherosclerosis can help prevent disabling strokes. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP54-ATMP54, February 1, 2025. Although carotid plaques can be identified on CT angiography (CTA), interpretation is challenging for frontline physicians.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When there is a history of early events, then the likelihood of a member of that family with an elevated Lp(a) having premature coronary atherosclerosis is high. Atherosclerosis. 2017 Jan;256:47-52. Firstly, there is definitely something about the family history that matters. Eur J Clin Invest. 2023 Sep 15:e14093.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 22, 2023

Share For those with defective LDL receptors, as seen in familial hyperlipidemia, APOB particles are not cleared effectively, and concentrations rise, causing atherosclerosis 4. Which increases the risk of atherosclerosis. 2017 May;37(5):990-996. LDL-Cholesterol/APOB goes down. J Lipid Res. 2012 Mar;53(3):567-576. 117.309119.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 24, 2025

5 Coronary atherosclerosis in indigenous South American Tsimane: a cross-sectional cohort study. Lancet Vol 389 April 29, 2017 6 Retatrutide Phase 2 Obesity Trial Investigators. Diabetologia. 2022 Jan;65(1):14-36. 2005;293(1):43–53. Triple-Hormone-Receptor Agonist Retatrutide for Obesity - A Phase 2 Trial.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection Dissection of a coronary artery may occur in the context of atherosclerosis, or be iatrogennic during angiography or angioplasty. Many of these issues were described in a prior post by Dr. Angie Lobo ( @aloboMD ) (For open-access reviews of this literature, see Saw 2016 , Saw 2017 , or Hayes 2018.)

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The pathology that causes heart disease (atherosclerosis) is, by definition, the abnormal retention of a cholesterol particle in the artery wall. 2017 Apr 12;6(4):e005333. . “If cholesterol causes heart disease, why is it that about half of all patients with a heart attack have normal cholesterol? 1 ” Good question.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

Share While the average Western male and female will develop advanced coronary artery disease by age 55 and 66, respectively, 85% of the Tsimane tribe population over 40 had no evidence of advanced atherosclerosis 2. Coronary atherosclerosis, as evidenced by an abnormal CAC score, is a measure of advanced plaque. Circulation.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

2017 Dec 29;7(1):e007664. Effect of intensive compared with moderate lipid-lowering therapy on progression of coronary atherosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial. Effect of very high-intensity statin therapy on regression of coronary atherosclerosis: the ASTEROID trial. 2017 May 4;376(18):1713-1722. J Am Heart Assoc.

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DAIC

JANUARY 19, 2024

HTN accelerates the progression of atherosclerosis and leads to increased risk of major cardiac events like heart attack, heart failure, kidney disease and other end organ damage. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2017 Update: A Report from the American Heart Association. 2017; 135: e146. billion adults worldwide.

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Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 10, 2024

Exercise and Coronary Atherosclerosis | Circulation There are a few pieces of evidence, however, that can give endurance athletes some reassurance that they’re not headed to an early grave. When comparing athletes to control groups (i.e., Among athletes, those who are more active have even higher CACS than those who are less active.

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DAIC

JULY 18, 2024

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death and disability globally, largely driven by myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke caused by atherosclerosis (plaque build-up in the arteries). 2017 23, April 2020; Available from: [link]. Hafiane, Vulnerable plaque, characteristics, detection, and potential therapies , J.

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DAIC

MAY 8, 2024

1 Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that affects multiple vascular regions and is particularly severe in PAD patients, where up to 80 percent suffer from concurrent coronary artery disease (CAD), historically linked with a mortality rate exceeding 50 percent within five years. Journal of Vascular Surgery, Mar. 2024, [link].

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

February 1, 2024 — As cardiologists, heart disease patients and the organizations that serve them across the country embark on American Heart Month, DAIC has compiled a snapshot of significant cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke statistics, along with a review of the atherosclerosis drug market. percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR).

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

1,6 Until recently atherosclerosis has been thought of as the result of passive lipid accumulation in the vessel wall. However, the development of atherosclerosis is now known to be much more complex, with a key role for immune cells and inflammation in conjunction with hyperlipidemia and elevated LDL levels.7

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Pioneering techniques have emerged since the previous consensus in 2017, 3 requiring new advice on who should receive this procedure and how to perform it in the safest and most effective manner,” Tzeis added. 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.

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Stroke Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The observation period was divided into 4 epochs: 2008 to 2010, 2011 to 2013, 2014 to 2016, and 2017 to 2019. Intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy rates increased over time from 2008 to 2010 to 2017 to 2019 (9.5%–13.8% 56.2%), and statins for large artery atherosclerosis (76.1%–95.3%) men, 71.9%) were registered.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

APRIL 16, 2024

µg/m³ in 2017, 12.0 concentrations of about 14 µg/m³ in 2017, 14.4 Despite efforts to stimulate economic growth, the rise in urbanisation can pose risks to air quality. In London, mean PM 2.5 concentrations stood at approximately 12.7 µg/m³ in 2018, and 11.4 µg/m³ in 2019. 5 Conversely, Valletta, Malta’s capital, recorded mean PM 2.5

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JULY 12, 2024

A higher cumulative LDL cholesterol exposure equals a higher likelihood of plaque in the coronary arteries, known as atherosclerosis. But remember, heart disease or atherosclerosis does not kill people. 2017 Apr;91:1-9. Atherosclerosis. The same concept applies to LDL cholesterol. Heart attacks kill people.

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