Risk for all-cause mortality and MACEs are affected by calcified and low-attenuation plaque burdens in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Researchers sought to examine the relationship among coronary plaque characteristics, CAD extent, MACE, and all-cause mortality in patients with CKD. Calcified and low-attenuation plaque burdens ...

This is not a trivial problem; approximately 80% of people over 60 have detectable calcifications in atherosclerotic plaques, and calcification of plaques is associated with a higher morbidity and ...

Left unchecked, plaque hardens into calculus (also called tartar), and unfortunately, you can't remove this calcified plaque ...

J. Lee, et al., Segmentation of coronary calcified plaque in intravascular OCT images using a two-step deep learning approach, IEEE Access, 8, 225581, 2020. J. Lee, et al., Fully automated plaque ...

Advertisement Coronary artery calcium testing involves "a low-dose radiation scan of the heart that picks up calcified plaque," said Anderson, a distinguished clinical and research physician at ...

Following publication of our studies, some physicians and patients question whether coronary atherosclerosis in athletes requires statins due to the potential lower non-calcified plaque burden and ...

The team identified milk protein entombed in calcified dental plaque (calculus) on the teeth of prehistoric farmers from Britain. It shows that humans were consuming dairy products as early as ...

In recent years, it has become clear that carotid IMT, coronary calcification and carotid plaque reflect biologically and genetically different aspects of the atherosclerotic process, and will ...