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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity (including myocardial infarction [MI] and heart failure [HF]), and mortality. Although burden of CAD ...