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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Excess cholesterol is known to form artery-clogging plaques that can lead to stroke, arterial disease, heart attack, and more, making it the focus of many heart health campaigns.
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DAIC
JUNE 4, 2024
milla1cf Tue, 06/04/2024 - 20:54 June 4, 2024 — HeartFlow, a leader in cardiovascular healthcare technology, is pleased to announce a key Medicare policy development, which should allow for future expanded patient access to their Plaque Analysis product.
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Physiologically Speaking
JANUARY 5, 2024
Exercise prevents and reverses cardiovascular disease, but whether high-intensity exercise training (HIIT) is safe and effective for adults after minimally invasive heart surgery is unknown. Exercise is a wonder drug for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and reversal.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The findings support that metals in the body are associated with the progression of plaque buildup in the arteries and potentially provide a new strategy for managing and preventing atherosclerosis.
Med Page Today
MARCH 6, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- It was common for tiny plastic particles from the environment to infiltrate people's vascular lesions, foreshadowing future cardiovascular disease in patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy, an observational study showed.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Researchers have identified a new target to treat atherosclerosis, a condition where plaque clogs arteries and causes major cardiac issues, including stroke and heart attack.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Inflammation of the arteries is a primary precursor and driver of cardiovascular disease -- the No. This inflammation is associated with the buildup of dangerous plaque inside the arteries. 1 killer of people in the United States. Advanced treatments are needed to target this inflammation in patients.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
However, for people with risks for heart disease, these warning signals can have a negative consequence: they can increase the size of plaque in arteries, making them narrow, and trigger inflammatory events that can cause plaque to rupture. This can set the stage for a heart attack or stroke.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
MARCH 6, 2024
More than 70% of American Indian young adults aged 20-39 and 50% of American Indian teens have cholesterol levels or elevated fat in the blood that put them at risk for cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests.
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Journal of the American Heart Association
DECEMBER 20, 2023
BackgroundThe utility of screening for the degree of common carotid artery (CCA) stenosis as a predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a general population remains unclear.Methods and ResultsWe studied 4775 Japanese men and women whose CCA was measured using bilateral carotid ultrasonography at baseline (April 1994–August 2001).
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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology
MARCH 1, 2024
Patients with chronic inflammatory disorders such as psoriasis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and elevated levels of LL37, a cathelicidin host defense peptide that has both antimicrobial and proinflammatory properties.
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Open Heart
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Background Inflammation plays a pivotal role in atherogenesis and is a causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CCTA) enables evaluation of coronary plaque phenotype. Baseline total plaque volume was 1394 (1036, 1993) mm 3. Results The mean±SD age was 65.4±8.4
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Nature Reviews - Cardiology
APRIL 3, 2024
Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 04 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01009-x In this Review, van Leent and colleagues provide an overview of current PET imaging approaches for assessment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, as well as of whole-body PET applications; discuss the link between imaging readouts and atherosclerotic plaque (..)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 4, 2024
Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the causal pathological process driving most major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) worldwide. The complex development of atherosclerosis manifests as intimal plaque which occurs in the presence or absence of traditional risk factors.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
In this substudy of the phase 3 Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE), a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) discovered that pitavastatin reduces plaque buildup in the heart's coronary arteries and lowers inflammation in the blood. The findings are published in JAMA Cardiology.
DAIC
OCTOBER 1, 2024
tim.hodson Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:50 PHOTO CAPTION: The Elucid PlaqueIQ user interface is a fully interactive visualization of the patient’s coronary anatomy, showing specific plaque type and amount across various views to inform physician assessment of risk and patient-specific treatment pathway.
MIBHS
JANUARY 15, 2025
Smoking is a well-known health hazard, contributing to a wide array of diseases and conditions. Its effects on the heart are particularly alarming, as smoking significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and complicates medical procedures such as minimally invasive or bloodless heart surgeries.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
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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DAIC
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
This clearance comes in advance of disease-modifying therapies on the horizon expected to help clinicians use this biomarker to guide patients to improved cardiovascular health, saidBrad Moore, president and CEO at Roche Diagnostics North America. 2022 Aug, 80 (9) 934946 Kronenberg F. J Clin Lipidol. 2024 May-Jun;18(3):e308-e319.
DAIC
JANUARY 17, 2024
At present, machine learning, deep learning, and other AI technologies have been tried to be applied to intelligent diagnostic and decision making, image interpretation, accurate classification, and prognostication of cardiovascular diseases, which has led to broad application prospects and innovation potential.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 24, 2024
Background Although atherosclerosis (AS) can affect multiple vascular beds, previous studies have focused on the analysis of single-site AS plaques. The plaques were then categorized into culprit plaques, non-culprit plaques, and non-event plaques.
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Journal of the American Heart Association
JANUARY 23, 2025
BackgroundThe level of monocyte to highdensity lipoprotein ratio (MHR) is associated with cardiovascular diseases. Carotid plaque (CP) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.
40 Nature Reviews - Cardiology
JANUARY 27, 2025
Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 28 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41569-025-01124-3 Inflammation is a new therapeutic target for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Colchicine is a potential cheap option to target inflammation and prevent atherosclerotic plaque destabilization.
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Journal of the American Heart Association
MARCH 6, 2024
We used carotid ultrasounds to detect plaque at baseline and follow‐up in 2006 to 2009 (median follow‐up=5.5 had incident plaque (109/1104 plaque‐free participants with baseline and follow‐up ultrasounds), 11.0% Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. Lipids were measured after a 12‐hour fast.
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
JANUARY 11, 2024
A decrease in the percentage of unstable core (fibro-fatty+necrotic plaque; from 14.1 [7.9–22.3] Participants underwent a coronary computed tomographic angiography at baseline and a final one at 78 weeks. The global coronary PB changed from 34.6% (32.5%–36.8%) 36.8%) at entry to 30.4% (27.4%–33.4%) 33.4%) at follow-up, which is −4.6% (−7.7%
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American College of Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Is coronary artery calcium (CAC) density by computed tomography (CT) inversely associated with plaque vulnerability and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events (coronary heart disease [CHD] and stroke)?
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DAIC
JUNE 4, 2024
I am excited about the potential of the FAI-Score biomarker, which has promising prognostic value beyond existing CT-based methods such as plaque, calcium scoring, and CAD-RADS based interpretation." fold higher risk for cardiac mortality and 5.5-fold
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JAMA Cardiology
MARCH 4, 2025
This is because the test is widely available, fast, highly reproducible, low radiation, directly reflective of total coronary plaque burden, and highly predictive of future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events.
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DAIC
JUNE 18, 2024
The breakthrough designation, according to the Milpitas, CA-based technology company, is for an indication to improve coronary luminal diameter, restore hemodynamic modulation, and reduce plaque progression in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease due to discrete de novo native coronary artery lesions. of the U.S.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
APRIL 30, 2024
Atherosclerosis is characterized by a narrowing of arterial walls and can increase risk of coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney disorders.
American College of Cardiology
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Ischemic cardiovascular disease (IHD) continues to be a significant public health problem in the U.S. Typically, ischemia is associated with epicardial coronary artery obstruction caused by atherosclerotic plaque.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 21, 2024
The Wnt signaling pathway is thought to play an active role in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases; however, a better understanding of this system in atherosclerosis is yet to be unraveled.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
MINOCA may be due to: coronary spasm, coronary microvascular dysfunction, plaque disruption, spontaneous coronary thrombosis/emboli , and coronary dissection; myocardial disorders, including myocarditis, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and other cardiomyopathies. Thus, intracoronary imaging modalities are crucial in this setting. From Gue at al.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
BackgroundThe association between education and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) has been well described for decades. Nevertheless, most cardiovascular risk models, including SCORE2, still do not take educational status into account even if this factor is easily assessed and costs nothing to acquire.
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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
APRIL 30, 2024
Exercise in a regular pattern is one of the important life style modifications which everyone can adopt to prevent or delay cardiovascular disease. Exercise helps in various ways for prevention of cardiovascular disease. Higher HDL levels decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Heart 2023 Conference
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
According to the study, eating one to three eggs each week reduces cardiovascular disease risk by 60%. In fact, the study discovered that people who consume four to seven eggs a week have a 75% decreased risk of acquiring cardiovascular disease. Early cardiovascular disease may hasten middle-aged cognitive deterioration!
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 9, 2024
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by endothelial dysfunction and plaque formation. Dan-Shen-Yin (DSY), a traditional Chinese herbal formula, is commonly used for cardiovascular diseases, but its molecular mechanisms remain elusive.
Circulation
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a major health concern worldwide and requires effective preventive measures. Lp(a) (lipoprotein [a]) has recently garnered attention as an independent risk factor for astherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with proinflammatory and prothrombotic mechanisms contributing to its atherogenicity.
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The British Journal of Cardiology
AUGUST 1, 2024
Large-scale observational data have demonstrated a robust, independent association of elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, and peripheral artery disease.
DAIC
APRIL 7, 2024
As with elevated LDL-cholesterol, high levels of triglycerides and the lipid particles on which they are carried in the blood can contribute to the formation of “plaques” in the arteries that impede blood flow and can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Triglycerides store unused calories and provide energy to the body. and Canada.
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Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Background:The role of immune suppressive microenvironment, promulgated by the presence of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) have been the major focus of research delineating the underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). 3ng/day for 15 days).M-MDSCs
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick
AUGUST 26, 2022
26th August 2022 And so, after a great deal of faffing about, my article on cardiovascular disease ‘Assessing cardiovascular disease: looking beyond cholesterol’ has been made free to view. Eric Westman is a staunch ally in the crusade to look at different causal models of cardiovascular disease.
DAIC
APRIL 7, 2024
High levels of triglycerides and the lipid particles on which they are carried in the blood can contribute to the formation of “plaques” in the arteries that impede blood flow and can lead to heart attacks and strokes. An estimated 1 in 5 U.S. Patients’ average triglyceride level at baseline was about 900 mg/dL.
110 Heart BMJ
MARCH 22, 2024
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are recognised risk factors for accelerated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in younger individuals and women who lack traditional CVD risk factors.
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