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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) ...

I am a 64-year-old man who has been having periodic shortness of breath for the past six months or so. This happens mostly ...

Coronary artery disease is the main cause of death in most industrialized nations. In the vast majority of cases, atherosclerosis, a process influenced by both environmental and genetic factors, ...

Statins lower artery-clogging cholesterol and cut risks of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes. But are the drugs helpful if you have fatty liver disease, or can they be harmful? We ...

Here’s what happens in your body when you have high cholesterol: The waxy cholesterol builds up in artery walls and contributes to plaque, a hard deposit that narrows and clogs the arteries. (You may ...