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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. ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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