When patients with a coronary artery calcium score of 0 were followed long term in an observational study, scores stayed at 0 ...

A Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) scan is gaining traction for its ability to assess heart attack risk more accurately. The ...

Coronary artery calcium scans can offer a more precise estimate of a patient’s chances for major cardiac events. Some ...

Subclinical, obstructive coronary atherosclerosis was linked to a more than 8-fold elevated risk for myocardial infarction in asymptomatic adults aged 40 years or older, according to researchers ...

A diagonal earlobe crease—also known as Frank's sign—has been linked to an increased risk of deadly cardiovascular conditions ...

What if the cure for a life-threatening heart condition wasn't a drug or surgery, but a supplement you could find on a store ...

Researchers found that coronary atherosclerosis is prevalent in asymptomatic, middle-aged US adults without traditional ASCVD risk factors, and increases with higher levels of LDL-C, non-HDL-C ...

Silent coronary atherosclerosis is present in more than 40% of the general population, with significant lesions identified in 5%, according to a large Swedish coronary computed tomography angiography ...

Journal reference: Bergström G, Hagberg E, Björnson E, et al. (2024) Self‐Report Tool for Identification of Individuals With Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Swedish CardioPulmonary BioImage Study.

Individuals in the general population with high levels of silent coronary atherosclerosis can be successfully identified with a simple questionnaire that they can complete themselves at home, a ...

Purpose: Our aim was to test whether polymorphisms in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene were associated with the progression of atherosclerosis in grafts examined in the Post-Coronary Artery ...