Though heart disease encompasses a wide range of ... to not only see inside of blood vessels, but to actually remove dangerous plaque without doing any damage to the blood vessels themselves.

Heart attacks are often caused by atherosclerosis, a condition where plaque builds up in the arteries, restricting blood flow ...

A new study has uncovered a correlation between microplastics and heart health ... were already undergoing preventative surgery to remove plaque from their carotid arteries (the main arteries ...

We found that the cells basically attach a lysosome onto a large plaque, and they expel enzymes into the space that can digest the amyloid." Thinking about how microglia could eat something very ...

Coronary artery disease occurs when atherosclerosis ... A carotid endarterectomy is a minimally invasive procedure to remove plaque from within your carotid artery, the main blood vessel that ...

both major contributors to heart attacks and strokes. Furthermore, the study followed these participants for nearly three years after their plaque removal. Worryingly, those with plastic in their ...