Atherosclerosis causes the smooth, elastic lining of the coronary arteries to become hard, stiff, and swollen because of ...

The deposition of this mineral on plaques in our heart arteries can contribute to chest pain and heart attacks.

Plaque is a fatty substance made up of ... a dye into your blood vessel to help doctors see obstructions with X-rays or ...

CT coronary angiogram with multiplanar reformation in the axial view showing nonsignificant calcified plaque in the left main stem and a significant noncalcified stenosis of the proximal left ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT can detect extensive coronary artery calcium (CAC), an independent predictor of all-cause death and cardiovascular events, new research suggests. Gary Small, ...

"If appropriate therapeutic responses are instituted, lung CT findings could affect survival from 2 leading causes of death: lung cancer and coronary artery disease," the authors write. The ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) may detect more ... a rupture of an atheromatous plaque at any stage of the spectrum of coronary artery disease.

Objective Excess cholesterol loading on arterial macrophages is linked to foam cell formation, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the effect of changes in ...

Plaque is a fatty substance made up of ... to help doctors see obstructions with X-rays or computed tomography (CT) scans Coronary calcium scan, a type of CT scan that measures calcium build ...