Overall, atheroma volume was measured in serial IVUS pullbacks in matched arterial segments of 776 patients with angiographic coronary artery disease. Patients with a calcium index above the ...

Calcification limited to the internal elastic lamina is a third pattern of calcification not previously reported in coronary arteries.

Statins promote coronary atheroma calcification despite their effect on plaque regression, according to recent findings. In a post-hoc patient-level analysis, researchers evaluated participants in ...

Twining and Shanks 1 distinguished four groups of intraocular calcifications as seen roentgenologically: calcification of the lens, ossification of the vitreous, calcified atheroma of the ...

For each patient, the change in the percent atheroma volume was computed as the percent atheroma volume at the end of the study minus the percent atheroma volume at baseline.

Despite presumably living a physically active lifestyle and eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, three of four Inuit adolescent or young adult mummies who lived approximately 500 years ago ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is specific for coronary artery atheroma and can be seen on CT scans of the thorax. There is strong evidence that increasing levels of CAC are associated with a worse ...

The activation of the bone marrow appears to play a key role in the origin and development of atherosclerosis, the pathological process underlying cardiovascular conditions such as myocardial ...

According to studies, the 'superfood' works well at unclogging arteries to reduce the risk of health complications ...

Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares and the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid have demonstrated that a proteins present in ...