Fitness doesn’t make people immune to atherosclerosis, but what to do with the finding in asymptomatic patients is uncertain.

A coronary calcium scan can reveal what’s going on inside the arteries in an easily accessible and inexpensive manner. So, should you get one?

The acute coronary syndrome market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the increasing prevalence of both acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina, an aging global population ...

The acute coronary syndrome market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the increasing prevalence of both acute ...

The findings represent the first step to potentially augmenting current risk models with Lp(a) measurements, the author says.

The patient had unstable angina with a TIMI risk score of 4 and Grace score of 104, and the treatment protocol ... and urgent coronary angiography was performed, which revealed left coronary artery ...

Ley has received research funding for developing an atherosclerosis vaccine formulation from United Bioscience, Inc. The other author reports no conflicts. This work was supported by grants to D. Wolf ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD "Vascular disease" is a term given to conditions that affect the blood vessels that ...

Atherosclerosis is typically the cause of coronary artery disease (CAD ... and an ankle-brachial index (measures blood pressure in the upper arm and ankle). How Is Treatment Similar? Lifestyle changes ...