[HTML][HTML] The role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease

MY Henein, S Vancheri, G Longo… - International journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, in which the immune system has a
prominent role in its development and progression. Inflammation-induced endothelial …

Coronary calcium score and cardiovascular risk

P Greenland, MJ Blaha, MJ Budoff, R Erbel… - Journal of the American …, 2018‏ - jacc.org
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a highly specific feature of coronary atherosclerosis. On
the basis of single-center and multicenter clinical and population-based studies with short …

Molecular mechanisms of vascular health: insights from vascular aging and calcification

NR Sutton, R Malhotra, C St. Hilaire… - … , and vascular biology, 2023‏ - ahajournals.org
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, especially beyond
the age of 65 years, with the vast majority of morbidity and mortality due to myocardial …

Coronary artery calcification and its progression: what does it really mean?

H Mori, S Torii, M Kutyna, A Sakamoto, AV Finn… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018‏ - jacc.org
Coronary artery calcification is concomitant with the development of advanced
atherosclerosis. Coronary artery calcification pathologically begins as microcalcifications …

Extracellular vesicles in coronary artery disease

CM Boulanger, X Loyer, PE Rautou… - Nature reviews …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Membrane vesicles released in the extracellular space are composed of a lipid bilayer
enclosing soluble cytosolic material and nuclear components. Extracellular vesicles include …

Coronary artery calcification: from mechanism to molecular imaging

T Nakahara, MR Dweck, N Narula, D Pisapia… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2017‏ - jacc.org
Vascular calcification is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. The location, density, and confluence
of calcification may change portions of the arterial conduit to a noncompliant structure …

Why and how to measure aortic valve calcification in patients with aortic stenosis

T Pawade, T Sheth, E Guzzetti, MR Dweck… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2019‏ - jacc.org
The first-line evaluation of aortic stenosis severity is Doppler echocardiography. However, in
up to 40% of patients, resting echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis severity is …

Cardiovascular calcification heterogeneity in chronic kidney disease

JD Hutcheson, C Goettsch - Circulation research, 2023‏ - ahajournals.org
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit tremendously elevated risk for
cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic heart disease, due to premature vascular and …

Association of statin treatment with progression of coronary atherosclerotic plaque composition

AR Van Rosendael, IJ Van Den Hoogen… - JAMA …, 2021‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance The density of atherosclerotic plaque forms the basis for categorizing calcified
and noncalcified morphology of plaques. Objective To assess whether alterations in plaque …

Prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease in masters endurance athletes with a low atherosclerotic risk profile

A Merghani, V Maestrini, S Rosmini, AT Cox, H Dhutia… - Circulation, 2017‏ - ahajournals.org
Background: Studies in middle-age and older (masters) athletes with atherosclerotic risk
factors for coronary artery disease report higher coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores …