The role of lipids is essential in any phase of the atherosclerotic process, which is
considered a chronic lipid-related and inflammatory condition. The traditional lipid profile …

Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of heart attack and stroke. Early observations that
cholesterol is a key component of arterial plaques gave rise to the cholesterol hypothesis for …

Vitamin D, a crucial hormone in the homeostasis and metabolism of calcium bone, has lately
been found to produce effects on other physiological and pathological processes …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, and atherosclerosis the
principal factor underlying cardiovascular events. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory …

Inflammation is a well‐known feature of heart failure. Studies have shown that while some
inflammation is required for repair during injury and is protective, prolonged inflammation …

Myocardial inflammation can lead to lethal acute or chronic heart failure (HF). T lymphocytes
(T cells), have been reported in the inflamed heart in different etiologies of HF, and more …

Abstract Background Apabetalone (RVX-208) is a bromodomain and extraterminal protein
inhibitor (BETi) that in phase II trials reduced the relative risk (RR) of major adverse cardiac …

Carotid artery blood flow is studied to compare models with rigid and elastic walls.
Considering a patient-specific geometry and transient boundary conditions. In the case of …

Heart failure (HF) has been traditionally viewed as a disease of the cardiac muscle
associated with systemic inflammation. Burgeoning evidence implicates immune effector …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor originally
isolated and characterized as the dioxin or xenobiotic receptor. With the discovery of …