The progression of atherosclerosis, at a cellular level, is reminiscent of the processes involved in tumor growth, new research confirms. Importantly, the idea itself is not new—but until now, the ...

For patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), following a Mediterranean diet is more effective in reducing progression of atherosclerosis than following a low-fat diet, according to new data from ...

“Atherosclerosis stealthily progresses with time and the earliest possible intervention may offer the opportunity to truncate the disease's progression.” “It is important to note that in this study, ...

Subclinical atherosclerosis progressed in about one-third of healthy, middle-aged individuals followed for 6 years in the Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis (PESA) study, but ...

A new study has found that moderate increases in blood pressure and cholesterol have a greater impact on arterial plaque, or atherosclerosis, progression in 40-year-olds than in people over 48. The ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. This study was aimed at investigating factors influencing the progression of native coronary ...

This study was aimed at investigating factors influencing the progression of native coronary atherosclerosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A cohort of 462 patients was classified ...

Two complementary studies reveal how an insufficient supply of energy in macrophages, key immune cells in artery walls, ...

Consider these pathogenetic features: genomic instability, evasion of senescence, hyperproliferation, resistance to cell death, invasiveness, and activation of comprehensive cancer-associated gene ...

The ability to generate high-resolution tomographic images of the entire vessel wall permits intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to visualize the entire extent of atherosclerotic plaque within the ...