Science news articles about 'human coronary arteries'

... are getting a detailed look at the interior of human coronary arteries, using an optical imaging technique developed ... . "This is the first human demonstration of a technique that has the potential to change how cardiologists look at coronary arteries," says Gary ...

... rupture of a vulnerable plaque in a critical location in a coronary artery. This study, which was published in the September 2 ... there had been evidence of plaques removed from the carotid and human coronary artery through postmortem specimens that small ...

The walls that line human coronary arteries have been imaged for the first time in 3-D. Such images will allow cardiologists to visualize areas of inflammation and plaque deposits more clearly.

... in atherosclerosis -- is turned on in their mouse model and also in human coronary arteries. Scientists studying breast cancer think LMO4 is involved in tumor migration ...

... the effects of moderate amounts of alcohol in human coronary artery smooth muscle cells and in the carotid arteries of mice. In both scenarios, regular ...

In human coronary arteries, atherosclerotic plaques tend to spread downstream because of the changes in blood flow patterns the plaque causes, researchers have found.