Healthy arteries are like hollow pipes. When they’re wide open, blood flows through them easily. As we age, these pipes can narrow or become blocked like the plumbing in your house. These blockages ...

Amgen’s next-generation cholesterol drug has shown it can reverse the build up of plaque build-up in coronary arteries which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. The company’s Repatha ...

Sadly, any clogging of the arteries is permanent - once fatty deposits (or atherosclerosis) have begun to build up in their lining, there is nothing you can do to remove them.

Read current medical research on risk factors, causes and prevention of heart disease, strokes, and peripheral arterial disease. What new treatment options are under development?

MACE outcomes were similar in those with an occluded infarct-related artery versus those who underwent PCI 3 to 28 days after an MI (Occluded Artery Trial [OAT]) 16 and results were no different at 7 ...