BACKGROUND: Carotid atherosclerosis is orchestrated by cell-cell communication that drives progression along a clinical continuum (asymptomatic to symptomatic). Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are ...

Dr Joshua D Safer and Dr C Streed Jr discuss the importance of cardiovascular care among transgender and gender-diverse ...

During atherosclerosis, lipid-rich plaques are formed in large- and medium-sized arteries, which can reduce blood flow to tissues. This situation becomes particularly precarious when a plaque develops ...

The company’s Repatha (evolocumab) was added to optimised statin therapy in a phase 3 trial, and resulted in statistically significant regression of atherosclerosis in patients with coronary ...

Novo Nordisk has announced plans to move its ziltivekimab into phase 3 clinical development in atherosclerosis with chronic kidney disease after a mid-stage trial met its main goal. The Danish ...

Methods Two cardiac MRI cohorts were included: 2106 participants (median age: 65 years, 54% women) from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and 2960 participants (median age: 64 years, 52 ...

This is particularly relevant to atherosclerosis, which can be clinically silent for decades and then manifest suddenly as an acute myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke. The holy grail in ...

Atherosclerosis (AS) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. AS is a progressive disease and so, early detection and intervention can lead to huge health benefits while also reducing the associated ...