The findings represent the first step to potentially augmenting current risk models with Lp(a) measurements, the author says.

Peripheral artery disease is the narrowing and blocking of the arteries in the legs. This process of furring up of the blood vessels is the same that causes cardiovascular disease.

Efforts are being made throughout the NHS to reduce the number of amputations performed due to peripheral artery disease. The vascular surgery unit in Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, aimed to ...

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The field of coronary artery disease saw its share of negative trials in 2024, but also got new guidelines, and a truce between interventionalists and surgeons. One long-awaited trial stood out: ...

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Risk stratification of patients with symptomatic nonobstructive coronary artery disease remains uncertain. Our study assessed the clinical value of single‐vessel, multivessel, and 3‐vessel ...

The findings, part of a preliminary analysis by London-based disease forecasting firm Airfinity Ltd., seek to renew the focus on the rise of preventable and climate-sensitive diseases, as well as ...