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Preventive Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for High-Risk Coronary Plaques Reduces Cardiac Events

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PCI is commonly used to open blocked arteries to treat significant myocardial ischemia , which occurs when the heart muscle does not get enough oxygenated blood. These findings demonstrate that the focal treatment of high-risk vulnerable plaques may improve patient prognosis beyond optimal medical therapy alone.”

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

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Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and Global Data From the American Heart Association.

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

This may result in ischemia (lack of oxygen to the heart muscle), causing parts of the heart to weaken and enlarge. Monitor blood pressure and cholesterol levels regularly. Monitor cholesterol levels and manage conditions like diabetes that can strain the heart. Avoid smoking and limit alcohol intake.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

Heart 2023 Conference

Source: JAMA Cardiology) Patients with afib who survived an intracerebral haemorrhage had a very significant risk of cerebrovascular ischemia episodes and death in the following year, according to registry data.

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Abstract TP318: Comparison of Lipid-Lowering Therapies Regimens and LDL-C Profiles in Patients with Asymptomatic versus Acute Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Carotid Stenosis

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Elevated Low-Density-Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) blood levels are a risk factor for atherosclerosis. For this study, acute symptomatic was defined as hemispheric ischemic stroke or retinal ischemia ipsilateral to the carotid stenosis, with symptom onset within 24 hours of admission. were asymptomatic and 40.2%

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

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Inflammation driven by signaling cytokines, circulating immune cells, adhesion molecules, and oxidized low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) leads to atherosclerotic plaque development, plaque progression, and eventual rupture.14,15 21 Luckily, each of these risks can be measured by simple blood tests. 12 Colchicine, 0.5 N Engl J Med.

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Abstract TMP119: Suppression of microRNA-145 alleviates the vascular cognitive impairment in a multiple microinfarction model

Stroke Journal

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in the pathologies of cerebral ischemia and dementia. This study aims to identify key miRNAs that may mediate cognitive outcomes using multiple microinfarction (MMI), a VCI model.Methods:MMI was induced by the administration of cholesterol crystals (70-100m) into the internal carotid artery.