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Researchers identify genetic cause of new vascular disease
Clinical researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) have identified the genetic cause of a rare and debilitating vascular disorder not previously explained in the medical literature. ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Screening tool may better identify heart disease in African-Americans
In a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), researchers say they may have an explanation as to why African Americans, despite having lower amounts of coronary ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 30, 2010 |
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People with sleep apnea at higher risk for aggressive heart disease
People with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleep disorder associated with obesity, have more non-calcified or "bad" plaque in their coronary arteries, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Studies show everolimus-eluting stent implantation reduces restenosis and repeat revasculariztion
Two new studies have determined that everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation reduced the incidence of restenosis and repeat revascularization in patients with calcified culprit lesions, and had fewer clinical events. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Link established between erectile dysfunction and calcified coronary arteries
In the largest study to date evaluating erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery calcification, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have determined that men with ED are at a significantly increased risk of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Imaging fat layer around heart can help predict disease
Imaging epicardial adipose tissue, or the layer of fat around the heart, can provide extra information compared with standard diagnostic techniques such as coronary artery calcium scoring, according to research by cardiologists ...
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Mar 15, 2010 |
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Study finds increased presence, severity of coronary artery plaques in HIV-infected men
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has found that relatively young men with longstanding HIV infection and minimal cardiac risk factors had significantly more coronary atherosclerotic plaques - some involving serious ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Trans fats hinder multiple steps in blood flow regulation pathways
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in processed foods contain trans fatty acids that interfere with the regulation of blood flow. A new report reveals a new way in which these "trans fats" gum up the cellular machinery ...
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Studies may show how to close the gap between women and men who suffer heart attacks
Age, condition and treatment delay are among the reasons women who undergo angioplasty for heart attack often do not fare as well as do men, according to two studies presented today at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography ...
May 06, 2009 |
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Skipping sleep may signal problems for coronary arteries
One extra hour of sleep per night appears to decrease the risk of coronary artery calcification, an early step down the path to cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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