Imaging Cholesterol Buildup in the Heart

Scientists have found a new way to detect signs of heart disease by looking inside blood vessels.

Researchers have developed a new medical imaging marker designed to specifically target and illuminate areas of cholesterol buildup. The marker provides clear images of cholesterol plaques from within blood vessels and could one day help prevent heart attacks and other cardiac events.

"None of the technology we have looks directly at what's happening in vessels, and two-thirds of heart attacks occur in vessels," says Zahi Fayad, a professor of medicine and radiology at Mount Sinai who led the research.

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