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Trial Results: Low-Dose Colchicine HelpsTreat Cardiovascular Disease

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mg reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and supports its use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. mg)has potential to directly reduce inflammation, which plays a substantial role in the formation and progression of atherosclerotic plaque leading to heart disease, said Matthew J.

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Should You Take A Statin To Lower Your Cholesterol?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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. 2 JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging May 2015, 8 (5) 579-596; 2022;18(6).

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Trial Results: Low-Dose Colchicine Helps Treat Cardiovascular Disease

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mg reduces the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and supports its use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. mg)has potential to directly reduce inflammation, which plays a substantial role in the formation and progression of atherosclerotic plaque leading to heart disease, said Matthew J.

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Cleerly Raises $106 Million in Series C Extension Funding

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This funding will allow us to expand our commercial reach, which is especially germane following our recent achievements in attaining Medicare coverage and a CPT Category I code for advanced plaque analysis. Barclay continued, “Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death globally and costs our country $422B annually.

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Artificial Intelligence Helps Coronary CT Angiography and Accelerates the Development of Precision Medicine

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Christian Tesche (Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina and Department of Cardiology, Munich University Clinic, Ludwig-Maximilian-University).

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The reason: They were accumulating plaque in their coronary arteries much earlier than their peers. You can’t have a heart attack if you don’t have plaque in your coronary arteries. And plaque in your coronary arteries is the result of exposure to risk factors over time. The answer: Risk Factors. The answer.

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Characteristics of Coronary Atherosclerosis Related to Plaque Burden Regression During Treatment With Alirocumab: The ARCHITECT Study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Ahead of Print. Nevertheless, the factors underlying the effect of lipid-lowering therapy on disease regression remain poorly characterized. A decrease in the percentage of unstable core (fibro-fatty+necrotic plaque; from 14.1 [7.9–22.3] The global coronary PB changed from 34.6% (32.5%–36.8%)

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