Atherosclerosis

Data Presented at the European Atherosclerosis Society Congress Reinforces the ...MarketWatch (press release)Data presented today from the VOYAGER study demonstrate the benefits of aggressive statin therapy with CRESTOR™ (rosuvastatin) in comparison to atorvastatin and simvastatin in high risk patients. VOYAGER is an individual patient data meta-analysis of ...and more »  

HEART DISEASE BACKGROUND: Heart and blood vessel disease — cardiovascular disease also called heart disease — includes numerous problems, many of which are related to a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a condition that develops when a substance called plaque builds up in the walls of the arteries. This buildup narrows the arteries, making it harder for blood to flow through. If a blood clot forms, it can stop the blood flow...  

Hunter-gatherers and forager-horticulturalists who live off the land and grow what they need to survive have lower age-related increases in blood pressure and less risks of atherosclerosis, according to two new studies in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. High blood pressure and atherosclerosis - a disease in which arteries stiffen and fill with plaque - increase with age in the United States and other countries, raising...  

When atherosclerosis affects the arteries of the heart, it’s called coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. Most of these deaths are from heart attacks, caused by sudden blood clots in the heart’s arteries.  

Italian researchers report that severe fibrosis increases the early atherosclerosis risk in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A second study found that fatty liver disease also increases risk of developing atherosclerosis at an earlier period. Both studies appear in the May issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. In the...