By Joel Kahn, MD, FACC

Stokes: A new strategy for vascular support

In this short video, family practitioner Dr. George Stokes explains the better outcomes he’s achieved by going beyond traditional approaches to vascular health.

What's Inside?

Tests, labs, and symptoms that Jack Wolfson, DO, uses to track patients’ progress

Measuring vascular health: You asked, experts answer

Plaque Regression in Clinical Practice

"The endothelial glycocalyx is a very hot topic."

Hormones at the tissue level

At 600,000 fatalities a year, CVD accounts for 25% of American deaths. Stroke kills another 130,000.¹ The precursor to most of these deaths is atherosclerosis: the development of plaque in the arterial wall.

While some plaque is relatively stable, it is the unstable plaque that causes most events.² This more vulnerable plaque is liable to erupt and deposit its contents into the bloodstream, causing dangerous clots.