Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), is a genetically determined blood lipid and an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Ultrasound of the neck and legs and CT scans of the heart’s own arteries turned up atherosclerosis in roughly 1 in 13 ...

For more than three decades, amyloid has been the organizing principle of Alzheimer’s disease research. The sticky protein fragment, which accumulates into plaques in the brain years before memory p ...

Atherosclerosis may begin shockingly early, with artery scans revealing hidden plaque in about one in 13 adults before age 30 ...

Muscle injury triggers inflammation in which infiltrating mononuclear phagocytes are crucial for tissue regeneration. The interaction of the CCL2/CCR2 and CX3CL1/CX3CR1 chemokine axis that guides ...

More than half of 16,000 apparently healthy adults had signs of atherosclerosis, with arterial plaques already detectable in about 1 in 13 people ages 18 to 29. Researchers say directly imaging the ...

Atherosclerosis develops when deposits known as plaques build up in the walls of blood vessels over many years. These plaques ...

Atherosclerosis has a new face, and she is called “Ate Rose.” She may be fictional, but the condition she represents is real ...

In a recent study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, researchers assessed T-cell tolerance checkpoints observed in atherosclerosis. Study: Pairing of single-cell RNA analysis and T cell ...

Atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular diseases represent one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide. Despite important progress in prevention and treatment, these conditions still ...

WHO Peter Libby, MD, cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; author of a new review paper published in ...