Coronary artery disease is characterized by a dysfunction of the endothelial cells that form the innermost lining of all blood vessels. A new study has identified five biological pathways ...

Coronary artery disease continues to be a prime public health concern worldwide, representing a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite remarkable ...

BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events is unknown. We examined the association between smoking cannabis and cardiovascular events in a cohort of older veterans (66 to ...

Coronary stents have been in use in this country since 1994 and drug-eluting stents, coated with drugs that reduce clot formation, first came into use five years later.

More information: Sandro Satta et al, A Nrf2-OSGIN1&2-HSP70 axis mediates cigarette smoke-induced endothelial detachment: implications for plaque erosion, Cardiovascular Research (2023).

“We are trying to understand why ALDH2*2 is associated with a higher risk of coronary artery disease at a cellular level,” says Hongchao Guo at Stanford University in California.