A recent prospective study carried out in Korea and the US investigated the location of plaque ruptures in native coronary arteries with the use of three-vessel intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).

It’s true. One of the biggest risk factors for heart disease is plaque buildup in the arteries. Since this type of plaque ...

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the legs and feet become narrowed, or occluded, by an accumulation of a fatty substance called plaque, which ...

When there's too much LDL cholesterol in your system, it can form plaque in your arteries, which raises the risk of heart disease. It's important to lower LDL cholesterol levels to prevent clogged ...

The researchers found that people who had detectable microplastics and nanoplastics in the plaque in their arteries had a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death. The researchers looked at ...

Plaques congregate inside these blood flow channels from fatty substances like cholesterol, dead and damaged cells, and other deposits, thickening and stiffening the artery walls in a process ...

Removing fatty plaques from narrowed arteries in a procedure called a carotid endarterectomy reduces the risk of future strokes. The team behind this recent study, led by Raffaele Marfella ...