Nitinol stents are known to have a higher outward force than stainless steel stents and are the preferred stents for use in very calcified carotid lesions ... the calcified plaque against the ...

Atherosclerosis happens when a fatty substance called plaque builds up inside your arteries. There are typically few ...

In recent years, it has become clear that carotid IMT, coronary calcification ... as those with stable plaque or regression Because plaque progresses along the carotid artery 2.4 times faster ...

Dr. Vuppuluri emphasizes that early detection of coronary calcification is important because it’s an indicator of how much ...

indicating the presence of both calcified and non-calcified segments in the arterial tree. Similarly, the characterisation of carotid plaques was imperfect, as we were unable to evaluate their ...