Dr. Paddy Barrett
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The most accurate way (But not the only way) to answer this question is whether or not you have plaque in your coronary arteries. If you already have plaque, your risk of event an event goes up proportional to the amount of plaque you have 2. In this scenario, your risk of a heart attack over the next 10 years is well under 2%.
CardiacWire
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Anthos subsequently kicked off three phase 3 trials in 2022, and wrapping up these studies by 2026 will now be Novartis responsibility. Besides the hefty price tag , the re-acquisition puts Novartis back into competition with other big-name Factor XI inhibitor developers, whove faced a series of setbacks.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Objective Assessing the impact of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) on the plaque burden of coronary atherosclerosis is our objective. Methods In this study, a total of 212 patients (age 46–80 years) with unstable angina (UA) who underwent coronary angiography (CAG) in our hospital from January 2018 to July 2022 due to UA were included.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 19, 2023
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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Thus, it has recently become generally accepted that most plaque ruptures resulting in myocardial infarction occur in plaques that narrow the lumen diameter by 40% of the arterial cross section may be involved by plaque. The pathologist may see a plaque that constitutes, for example, 50% of the cross-sectional area.
Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
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.
Journal of the American Heart Association
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
BackgroundComplex aortic plaque (CAP) is a potential embolic source in patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS). Most studies (74%) used ≥4 mm plaque thickness as the imaging criterion for CAP although ≥1 mm (N=1, CTA), ≥5 mm (N=5, TEE), and ≥6 mm (N=2, CTA) were also reported. 0.41],I2=94%). I2=95%) for TEE; 0.23 (95% CI, 0.15–0.34;I2=87%)
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