Atherosclerosis articles from across Nature Portfolio Atherosclerosis is the thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries that is associated with the formation of atherosclerotic ...

What Is A Key Performance Indicator (KPI)? A key performance indicator (KPI) is a measurement used to define whether an organization, team or employee is meeting a predefined goal. By evaluating ...

Statin therapy greatly reduces LDL-cholesterol levels and slows progression of coronary atherosclerosis. The small statin-induced increases observed in HDL-cholesterol levels have not, however ...

ANEURYSMS of the coronary arteries are decidedly uncommon. They comprise congenital, mycoticembolic, syphilitic, polyarteritis-nodosa, arteriosclerotic and dissecting types. Of these, arteriosclero ...