Articles related to ATHEROSCLEROSIS

In a single-center cross-sectional study of 75 symptomatic patients, coronary artery calcium score and carotid intima-media thickness were associated with CT-derived CAD severity. The findings support risk-stratification interest but require prospective validation.

An interventional cardiologist at UCLA Health describes how combined IVUS and near-infrared spectroscopy imaging identified culprit lesions in angiographically ambiguous NSTEMI cases and informed stent landing zone decisions in complex PCI.

MACE was identified in 121 of 4267 patients (2.8%), including all-cause death (1.3%), cardiovascular death (0.7%), nonfatal MI (0.5%), and hospitalization for unstable angina (1.0%).

“Atherosclerosis is often called a ‘silent’ disease because it typically causes no symptoms in its early stages.” — Medically reviewed by Jimmy Almond, MD, Epoch Times

“In a prospective study of 118 patients undergoing coronary catheterization with IVUS, the presence of alpha-gal–specific IgE was associated with significantly greater atheroma burden and high-risk plaque morphology, including increased calcification, fibrofatty content and necrotic core volume.”

Danish researchers assembled a prospective observational cohort study of 9,533 asymptomatic people aged 40 years or older with no known ischemic heart disease to define characteristics of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis associated with the development of myocardial infarction. The study’s findings are startling.