... , M.D., Ph.D. said, "OCT may answer longstanding questions about the relationship between vulnerable plaque and the risk of heart attack."
To assess the ability of each imaging modality to detect ...
Research results indicate that optical coherence tomography, a newly evolving imaging method, may be the best tool available to detect vulnerable plaque in coronary arteries.
... Tim Russert, was due to the sudden rupture of a vulnerable plaque in a critical location in a coronary artery ... patient experienced plaque rupture in the right carotid artery without showing any symptoms ...
... and blood clot formation. While earlier studies had suggested a correlation between ER stress and vulnerable plaques, the new study is the first to show a clear causal connection between the two, ...
... , sheds light on why so few plaques in any given individual actually cause a ... the deaths of these cells may be able to reduce the number of vulnerable plaques and prevent heart attacks and strokes in ...
Late-breaking results from the PROSPECT clinical trial shed new light on the types of vulnerable plaque that are most likely to cause sudden, unexpected adverse cardiac events, ...
... the association might be with plaques in the carotid arteries, a common cause of strokes. Vulnerable plaques which can rupture in the carotid arteries may lead to transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), ...
... an unstable blood vessel lesion -- known as a vulnerable plaque -- that has developed a specific chemical composition and ... imaging methods don't currently detect vulnerable plaque. Antonius FW van der ...
... an unstable blood vessel lesion-known as a vulnerable plaque-that has developed a specific chemical composition and ... imaging methods don't currently detect vulnerable plaque. Antonius FW van der Steen ...
... GSM levels," said Dr. Reiter.
It is important to note that the results showed that vulnerable plaque in the carotid artery was not only an indicator of increased risk of stroke downstream from the ...
Condition often defies detection, doctors say.
Every year, some half a million patients die of a heart ...
... plaque builds up in the inner lining of the arteries) and prevent the development of vulnerable plaque, according to background information in the article. Treatment with ACAT inhibitors, such as the ...
