Carotid artery disease is a common cause of stroke. It occurs when plaque builds up inside the carotid arteries. These are the arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are two ...

on measurement of carotid plaque volume. This procedure involves scanning along the carotid arteries in a cross-sectional view, with equipment that captures ~30 slices per second and stacks them ...

There is no question that subclinical disease on imaging predicts death, report investigators who say their new screening could be started on younger people.

Mount Sinai study also shows imaging for early detection and monitoring can improve prediction and prevention of premature ...

A study carried out at Mount Sinaí Fuster Heart Hospital in New York in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de ...

Dr. Chen added that it's possible that microplastics and nanoplastics circulating within our body can trigger inflammation, ...

Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. Several different heart ...

This important study provides solid in-vivo evidence that CCR4 regulates the early inflammatory response during atherosclerotic plaque formation. The authors propose that altered T-cell response plays ...

A study carried out at Mount Sinaí Fuster Heart Hospital in New York in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de ...

For asymptomatic individuals, subclinical atherosclerosis burden is associated with all-cause mortality, according to a ...

The progression of atherosclerosis in people who have no symptoms of it is independently associated with the risk of dying from any cause, according ...