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The substance piling up in blocked arteries is known as atheroma or plaque. It mainly comprises excess 'bad' cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), fatty substances, cellular waste, calcium, and fibrin (a ...

By shutting this “off switch,” immune cells called macrophages regain their ability to soak up cholesterol, potentially ...

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has rolled out routine blood tests for the cardiovascular biomarker at another one of its ...

Quantification of carotid atherosclerosis is important in monitoring patients at risk of cardiovascular events and in evaluating therapies. High-resolution 3D carotid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Aspirin has recently been questioned as a preventive for heart attacks, even though we have been using it for decades. Statin ...