Coronary Plaque

Wear Red Day, the first Friday of February, draws attention to the prevalence and dangerousness of heart disease in women as part of American Heart Month.

SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with more rapid coronary plaque progression and significantly increased risk for adverse outcomes related to target lesion failure, such as heart attack and death, researchers reported.

Elucid announced it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its noninvasive imaging analysis software to help quantify and classify plaque morphology and diagnose CVD.

Exposure to toxic metals such as cadmium and tungsten was associated with increased coronary calcium progression, a significant predictor of atherosclerosis, according to data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Elevated lipoprotein(a), despite a coronary artery calcium score of 0, could portend coronary plaque burden and may be a potential marker for early atherosclerosis intervention, researchers reported.

In a cohort of American Indian individuals, more than 70% of young adults and more than 50% of adolescents had dyslipidemia, and some had subclinical or clinical heart disease, according to new data from the Strong Heart Study.

PHILADELPHIA — A randomized controlled trial will assess whether pairing coronary CT angiography with an investigational AI algorithm to stage coronary plaque burden is superior to usual care for primary prevention of CV events.

Self-reported and genotype-predicted mean alcohol intake are associated with a higher burden of carotid plaque among a cohort of Chinese men, but not carotid intima-media thickness, researchers reported.

PCSK9 inhibition with alirocumab, on top of high-intensity statin therapy, resulted in significant coronary plaque regression among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and no clinical atherosclerotic CVD, researchers reported.

An artificial intelligence-derived marker using electronic health records noninvasively quantified plaque burden and mortality risk for adults from two large biobank cohorts, offering an option for more targeted CAD diagnosis, data show.