University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine researchers have created an atlas of atherosclerosis that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming the ...

New data suggest Twist1-driven atherosclerotic plaques may enhance stability rather than rupture risk. Learn how this ...

Atherosclerosis represents a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the accumulation of lipid-laden macrophage foam cells within arterial ...

“Current in vitro atherosclerosis models have significant limitations, including the lack of three-layer vascular architecture and limited atherosclerotic features,” said Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D., a ...

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 ...

Atherosclerosis is the build-up of plaque in the arteries which causes their narrowing. It is a primary cause of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and ischemic stroke (IS), both of which are major ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a group of researchers investigated how early intermittent hyperlipidemia (High blood fat levels) accelerates atherosclerosis (Artery plaque buildup) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with lung cancer have a high prevalence of atherosclerosis. These patients may benefit from calcium ...

Some research suggests that people with multiple sclerosis are at a higher risk of atherosclerosis. An increased risk hasn’t been established, and we don’t know how MS might increase the risk. Having ...

To the known risk factors for cardiovascular disease - high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, overweight and obesity, smoking, and physical inactivity - a new one has to be added: clonal ...