As the global population ages, older adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) are projected to drive a ...

Please give an overview of what happens to the heart during the ischemia-reperfusion sequence caused by myocardial infarction. When a coronary artery is obstructed by atheroma, blood flow is depressed ...

I'm in my 40s, and have noticed that whenever I get a small cut or spot, they take a lot longer to heal and go away than they did 10 years ago. Why is this, and will it get worse as I get older? Are ...

Despite major advances in diagnosis and treatment, such as the introduction of the statins, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in most Western countries and is rapidly emerging ...

Serial studies using IVUS enable assessment of the progression or regression of coronary atherosclerosis by visualizing the occurrence of atheroma in the vessel wall. A previous study using IVUS ...

A 70-year-old Asian American man who has signs of hemoconcentration that may be due to plasma contraction also has the following lipid levels: total cholesterol 91 mg/dL, triglycerides 64 mg/dL, LDL ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA — Addition of evolocumab (Repatha, Amgen), a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor, to statin therapy produced significant atheroma regression and a ...

According to WHO, the leading cause of death among women in India in 2021 after COVID-19 was ischemic heart disease (IHD).