Aloke Finn, MD

CVPath Yearly Summary: 2023

January 8th, 2024

Dear Friends and Colleagues of CVPath, On behalf of everyone at CVPath Institute, it is my pleasure to wish you,…

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Polygenic Risk Score Associates With Atherosclerotic Plaque Characteristics at Autopsy

January 4th, 2024

  A Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) uses combinations of genetic variants, each predicting a patient’s likelihood of developing diseases such…

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Subclinical Atherosclerosis

January 4th, 2024

Identifying signs of asymptomatic atherosclerosis at the histological level is critical for diagnosing and treating patients. To prevent events related…

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Clonal Proliferation Within SMCs in Atherosclerotic Lesions

November 13th, 2023

Atherosclerosis is a disease of blood vessels that causes thickening of the arteries. Build-up of fatty deposits (fat and cholesterols)…

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Microvessels Observed in Bioprosthetic Leaflets

October 30th, 2023

Yu Sato and his colleagues at CVPath Institute have observed new findings that suggest a causal link between implanted heart…

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Understanding the pathology of plaque progression and regression

September 29th, 2023

Caption: A chart depicting characteristics of plaque morphology across different stages of progression. CVPath Institute is excited to announce that…

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Histology, OCT, and Micro-CT Evaluation of Coronary Calcification Treated With Intravascular Lithotripsy: Atherosclerotic Cadaver Study

September 14th, 2023

A recent study from CVPath Institute was published in the September 11th issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. The new data, reported…

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Dr. Virmani at CVIT 2023

August 14th, 2023

Dr. Renu Virmani recently attended the 31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT2023) held…

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Enhanced Thromboresistance and Endothelialization of a Novel Fluoropolymer-Coated Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device

July 3rd, 2023

This original Research Paper was recently published in the online JACC Journal and authored by: Walid I. Saliba, Kenji Kawai,…

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Histologic Assessment of Thromboemboli Due to Plaque Rupture, Plaque Erosion, or COVID-19 Microthrombi

July 3rd, 2023

Recent article posted in the JACC publication of research completed at CVPath by Takao Konishi, Kenji Kawai, Rika Kawakami, Saikat…

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