Recently, U.S. researchers found that some adolescents aged 10 to 20 years already have atherosclerotic lesions. A study led by Tuzcu, director of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Intravascular Ultrasound Laboratory, included 181 patients who received heart transplants and underwent intravascular ultrasound of the transplanted hearts 2 to 6 weeks after heart transplantation. The donor hearts were sourced from healthy individuals who were born without any symptoms of heart disease or hypertension. It was found that significant atherosclerotic changes were seen in donor hearts originating from healthy individuals of all age groups, with 26 of 36 hearts from donors aged 41-50 years having atherosclerosis. Of particular note, the investigators found evidence of atherosclerotic changes in 3 of 9 hearts from donors aged 10 to 30 years, respectively. The timing of the examinations suggests that the formation of atherosclerosis came from the donors themselves. Jafan Tuzcu of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Baotou Central Hospital noted that this study is the first to look at hearts from young people without symptoms of heart disease in living heart transplant recipients. Previous studies have mostly looked at autopsy hearts from middle-aged people. He believes that preventing or correcting obesity, quitting smoking, and adopting healthy eating habits and regular exercise will help slow the process of atherosclerosis. He hopes that in the future, he will be able to reverse atherosclerotic lesions in patients with heart disease through endovascular ultrasound and medical interventions. Tuzcu, director of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Intravascular Ultrasound Laboratory, led a study that included 181 patients who underwent heart transplants and underwent intravascular ultrasound of their grafted hearts 2 to 6 weeks after heart transplantation, respectively. The donor hearts were sourced from healthy individuals who were born without any symptoms of heart disease or hypertension. It was found that significant atherosclerotic changes were seen in donor hearts originating from healthy individuals of all age groups, with 26 of 36 hearts from donors aged 41-50 years having atherosclerosis. Of particular note, the investigators found evidence of atherosclerotic changes in 3 of 9 hearts from donors aged 10 to 30 years, respectively. The timing of the examinations suggests that the formation of atherosclerosis came from the donors themselves. Tuzcu noted that this study is the first to look at hearts from young people without symptoms of heart disease in living heart transplant recipients. Previous studies have mostly looked at autopsy hearts from middle-aged people. He believes that preventing or correcting obesity, quitting smoking, and adopting healthy eating habits and regular exercise will help slow the process of atherosclerosis. He hopes to be able to reverse atherosclerotic lesions in heart disease patients in the future through intravascular ultrasound and medical interventions.