Two months after removal of the left carotid artery plaque, the patient experienced plaque rupture in the right carotid artery. But the patient didn't suffer a stroke or any other symptoms.

A large number of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events originate from plaques with an intact fibrous cap (IFC). In this Review, Kanwar et al. provide an overview of the latest advances in our ...

Acute myocardial infarction is believed to be caused by rupture of an unstable coronary-artery plaque that appears as a single lesion on angiography. However, plaque instability might be caused by ...

Atherosclerosis can create life-threatening blockages in the arteries of your heart, without you ever feeling a thing. Learn more from WebMD about coronary artery disease.

Coronary plaque rupture is known to be a major cause of sudden coronary death, but it is also commonly seen in non-coronary sudden death, and can be a clinically silent cause of plaque progression.

Plaque in a heart artery looks threatening, but cardiologists know that many of these buildups will not erupt, dislodge and block a vessel, causing a heart attack that can be fatal. Some will ...

Discover 5 critical warning signs of clogged heart arteries. Early recognition of these symptoms could save your life by ...

Researchers in the US have compared long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) versus stent implantation. Plus ruptured plaques which cause heart attacks.

Researchers have developed a method for predicting which areas of the coronary arteries will develop more atherosclerotic plaque over time, based on intracoronary ultrasound and blood flow ...

Cholesterol plaques can be the cause of heart disease. Plaques begin in artery walls and grow for years, slowly blocking blood flow in the arteries. Worse, a cholesterol plaque can rupture.

A new study conducted at Cedars-Sinai reveals how the cholesterol-reducing drug evolocumab prevents heart attacks in people with coronary artery disease—a leading cause of death in the United ...

Site of intimal rupture or erosion of thrombosed coronary atherosclerotic plaques is characterized by an inflammatory process irrespective of the dominant plaque morphology.