News tagged with coronary vessels
The sound of light: Innovative technology shatters the barriers of modern light microscopy
In the past, even modern technologies have failed to produce high-resolution fluorescence images from this depth because of the strong scattering of light. In the Nature Photonics journal, the Munich researchers describe how th ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Scientists discover a new way our bodies control blood pressure: the P450-EET system
If you are one of the millions of Americans with high blood pressure, more help is on the way. That's because a new research study published in the October 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal shows that a protein, called ...
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Sep 30, 2010 |
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System for eliminating salt may point to new antihypertensives
A study of the body system that deals with Americans' love affair with salt may yield more insight into why so many end up hypertensive and how to better treat them.
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Aug 31, 2010 |
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Even modest weight gain can harm blood vessels, study
Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Flavanol-rich foods may help heart disease patients, study suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by an international team of scientists, including a University of California, Davis, nutritionist, provides new evidence that cocoa and other foods rich in a class of nutrients known as flavanols ...
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Jul 30, 2010 |
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Severe angina poses 3 times the coronary artery disease risk for women than men
Women who have the most serious form of angina are three times as likely to develop severe coronary artery disease (CAD) as men with the same condition, according to the July issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine.
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Jul 08, 2010 |
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Researcher Connects Sexual Dysfunction with High Blood Pressure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taben Hale is studying the connection between the two and is working on what might be the best way to find answers for both common problems.
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Mar 16, 2009 |
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Inserting Catheters Without X-rays
X-rays penetrate the patient's body, helping the doctor guide the catheter through the artery. In future, it will be possible to monitor the position of the catheter without exposing the patient to X-ray radiation, ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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High-fat diets inflame fat tissue around blood vessels, contribute to heart disease
A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular ...
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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Complete revascularization improves outcomes for CAD patients
A 3-year, retrospective study by cardiologists from the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and the University of Minnesota determined that 28.8% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) who did not undergo ...
Apr 23, 2010 |
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UBC-Providence health team identifies a key predictor of cardiovascular death
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) hospitalizes more than 160,000 Canadians every year, and almost one quarter of those patients die from this common form of heart disease. But now a team of Vancouver-based researchers has identified ...
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Mar 15, 2010 |
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Bone marrow cell transplants to benefit those with heart disease
Two studies published in the latest issue of Cell Transplantation (18:12) may lead to new treatments for the treatment of heart diseases. The first study, carried out by a team of Brazilian researchers, found that cell t ...
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Feb 24, 2010 |
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