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Five Tests To Assess Your Heart Health In The New Year.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

A cardiac CT is a low-dose CT scan of your heart that assesses whether or not you have plaque in your coronary arteries and, if so, how much. In general, the more plaque you have, the higher your risk of a heart attack over the next 10 years. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2124516. JAMA Netw Open. 2 [link] 3 Prospective Studies Collaboration.

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Abbott Enters IVL Burgeoning Segment

CardiacWire

IVL is a minimally invasive medical catheter-based procedure that treats calcified plaque in blood vessels. Shockwave Medical was the first company to develop and commercialize IVL, applying it to PAD in 2016 and gaining calcified coronary artery approval in 2021.

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How To Reverse Coronary Artery Disease With Lifestyle Measures

Dr. Paddy Barrett

You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. All of these parameters are important and need to be considered when evaluating plaque regression. REVERSAL Investigators.

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Carotid plaque score and ischemic stroke risk stratification through a combination of B-mode and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in patients with low and intermediate carotid stenosis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Objective The occurrence of ischemic stroke (IS) is closely related to the characteristics of carotid plaque (CP). Materials and methods This retrospective study evaluated 705 patients with low and intermediate carotid stenosis who underwent B-mode and CEUS from November 2021 to April 2023.

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ECG Blog #415 — The Cath showed NO Occlusion!

Ken Grauer, MD

Non-obstructive coronary disease at the time cardiac cath is done does not necessarily imply there was no plaque rupture with thrombus. These plaques will often not be recognized as "culprits" — because no fissuring or ulceration is seen.

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Abstract TP176: Radiological Reporting Frequencies of High-Risk Non-Stenosing Carotid Plaque Features: A Follow-Up Observational Study

Stroke Journal

Background:High-risk non-stenosing carotid plaque features are emerging as a possible source of embolism in the setting of ESUS. We utilized Fisher’s exact test to compare the frequencies of reporting each plaque characteristic.Results:We analyzed 152 CTA reports in depth.

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Association of sdLDL-C With Incident Carotid Plaques With Stable and Vulnerable Morphology: A Prospective Cohort Study

Stroke Journal

Incident carotid plaques and their vulnerability were detected by carotid ultrasound at follow-up (2021). Higher sdLDL-C or sdLDL-C/LDL-C ratio, but not LDL-C, was significantly associated with an increased risk of incident carotid plaques. years (SD=0.14). years (SD=0.14). 9.90];P=0.027;Pfor linear trend=0.025).

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