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New cardiovascular imaging approach provides a better view of dangerous plaques

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Researchers have developed a new catheter-based device that combines two powerful optical techniques to image the dangerous plaques that can build up inside the arteries that supply blood to the heart.

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Higher Noncalcified Plaque Volume Is Associated With Increased Plaque Vulnerability and Vascular Inflammation

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Recently, it was reported that noncalcified plaque (NCP) volume was an independent predictor for cardiac events. P<0.001) than the group with low NCP plaque volume. P<0.001) than the group with low NCP plaque volume. versus 75.9%;P<0.001),

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HeartFlow's Plaque Analysis Leading The Way: 95% Accuracy vs Invasive Imaging In Newly Published REVEALPLAQUE Study

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a leader in non-invasive artificial intelligence (AI) heart care solutions, announced that the data from its REVEALPLAQUE study , highlighting the accuracy of its Plaque Analysis, was published in the European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. milla1cf Thu, 05/23/2024 - 08:00 May 23, 2024 — HeartFlow, Inc. ,

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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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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. A decrease in the percentage of unstable core (fibro-fatty+necrotic plaque; from 14.1 [7.9–22.3] BACKGROUND:Intensive lipid-lowering therapy may induce coronary atherosclerosis regression. The global coronary PB changed from 34.6% (32.5%–36.8%) 36.8%) at entry to 30.4% (27.4%–33.4%)

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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).