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New discoveries about where atherosclerotic plaques rupture can lead to preventive treatments
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New discoveries about where atherosclerotic plaques rupture can lead to preventive treatments

by Lund University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. The exact location of plaque ruptures has previously been unknown, but now researchers at Lund University have mapped this. The research team has also identified an enzyme, a marker, that they hope will help predict who is at risk...

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Scientists edge closer to probe that would inspect atherosclerotic plaques by forcing molecules to sound their presence

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have come one step closer to a working optoacoustic endoscopic probe — a device that could slip inside a blood vessel and analyze atherosclerotic plaques by shining laser light on them to make them wobble like a loudspeaker membrane and betray their chemical composition with an ultrasound signature. This could prove...