The calcification of the carotid artery is a sign of advanced arteriosclerosis, which may be associated with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) and can lead to death. Such calcification can be seen ...

Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although it can present with an ...

Objective: Coronary artery disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Detection of coronary artery disease before the first myocardial infarction and before ...

A recent research letter published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research describes two new genetic loci associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC). CAC is a measure of atherosclerosis ...

If you could prevent yourself from having a heart attack, would you do it? It sounds like a no-brainer, but the signs of being at an increased risk of becoming one of the 805,000 people a year in the ...

The presence of breast arterial calcification, easily detected on standard mammography but typically considered inconsequential in breast cancer screening, shows significance as a possible marker of ...

CALCIFIC arterial disease of infants with myocardial infarcts is uncommon, but at least 50 cases have been reported in the medical literature. 1,2 The etiology has remained a complete mystery. It has ...

Artery calcification is almost twice as common in night owls compared to early birds, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Circadian function appears to be particularly ...

Artery calcification is almost twice as common in night owls compared to early birds. Circadian function appears to be particularly important during the early stages of cardiovascular disease. Artery ...