Vascular proliferation contributes to the ... the function of the intimal smooth muscle cell in the natural history of the atherosclerotic lesion seems to be to act as a nidus for development ...

Autopsy data show that atherosclerotic lesions are more likely to be present in individuals who had chronic kidney disease (CKD) before death than in individuals who did not. Nakano et al.

At the later stages of disease (whether atherosclerosis or obesity), macrophage death is generally assumed to have deleterious consequences, such as the rupture of vascular plaques and excess ...

COVID-19 accelerates the progression of atherosclerotic plaques, increasing coronary inflammation and the risk of high-risk ...

SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with more rapid coronary plaque progression and significantly increased risk for adverse ...

Severe COVID-19 infection can trigger extensive inflammation, resulting in the rapid growth of plaque in the coronary arteries and a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening ...

A new study found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was associated with the rapid growth ...

The following is a summary of “Contribution of type 2 diabetes to major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in a long-term observational study with different stages of atherosclerosis,” published in ...

The high prevalence of atherosclerosis in certain states characterized ... In 1851 Addison and Gull 52 described peculiar lesions of the skin that have come to be known as xanthelasma and xanthoma ...

If the side branch is found to be important, the operator needs to evaluate atherosclerotic disease ... for the treatment of coronary artery bifurcation lesions (lesions without the side branch ...

These lesions, called atherosclerotic plaques ... with this syndrome is the death of smooth muscle cells in the artery wall.