A recent prospective study carried out in Korea and the US investigated the location of plaque ruptures in native coronary arteries with the use of three-vessel intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).

During the progression of atherosclerosis, development of plaques is initiated by the arterial accumulation and oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs). This initiates an inflammatory process ...

Like a fire alarm sending signals to evacuate a smoky building, the immune system has internal guards to help the body sense ...

An important mechanism responsible for the sudden and unpredictable onset of acute thrombosis is plaque rupture. [1] The risk of rupture depends more on the plaque's composition rather than its size.