Women have lower amounts of harmful plaque in their arteries compared with men, but the discrepancy doesn't diminish a woman's risk of having a heart attack, new research shows. In fact, women with ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

Standard methods for calculating heart attack risk based on arterial plaque may be underestimating risks for women, according to a new study. In the study, published Monday in Circulation: ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microplastics and nanoplastics might interact with the plaque that causes heart attacks and strokes. A new study found high levels ...

For decades, we’ve been told that high cholesterol is the main villain behind heart disease. Most of us breathe a sigh of ...

Despite experiencing significant reductions in triglycerides, patients with triglycerides over 150 mg/dL and a high risk of atherosclerosis did not experience any significant change in the amount of ...