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The history, ECG, age, risk factors, and troponin (HEART) score was developed as a rapid risk stratification tool. It has ...
By creating artificial aging in mice, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the formation of ...
Frame design influences critical parameters such as radial strength, flexibility, fatigue resistance and conformability to ...
We found that high-volume exercise (>3,000 MET-min/week) was associated with a greater burden of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis — measured by coronary artery calcium score and coronary CT ...
Calcified coronary artery disease, is a growing concern worldwide; in rare cases it can trigger heart attacks as well Published - June 02, 2025 02:24 pm IST ...
By Conor Hale May 20, 2025 11:45am Johnson & Johnson Shockwave Medical intravascular lithotripsy coronary artery disease ...
Sudden cardiac death causes about half of the roughly 500,000 cardiovascular deaths that happen every year in the US. The vast majority of these deaths are due to coronary artery disease (CAD).
Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...
The company also currently markets its Diamondback 360 atherectomy platform, designed to clear paths through blocked peripheral vessels. That device—acquired in 2023 through the $890 million ...
Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease in the U.S. It is plaque build up in the arteries that can lead to heart attack or heart failure, but it doesn’t have to take ...
Prior to 1990, many assumed that once cholesterol plaques form in the arteries causing atherosclerosis, it was not reversible. While this is true for plaques that have calcified, what about ...
A coronary calcium scan measures the amount of calcium in the arteries, which reflects calcified plaques. However, if there are plaques that have not yet calcified, they will not be detected.