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Air Pollution and Hardening of Arteries
April 23, 2013 — Long term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries", according to a new ... > full story -
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New Method to Assess Options for Heart-Disease Surgery
April 22, 2013 — Researchers have developed a method of predicting which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery and which would benefit more from ... > full story -
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Development of Novel Therapies for Endothelial Damage May Heal Atherosclerotic Plaques
April 21, 2013 — Heart disease and approximately half of all strokes are the results of advanced atherosclerosis with damaged endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels. In 2009, the direct and indirect annual ... > full story -
Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particles of Traffic Pollution Increases Risk of Heart Disease
April 18, 2013 — Long-term exposure to fine particle matter air pollution in part derived from traffic pollution is also associated with atherosclerosis independent of traffic ... > full story -
Inpatients Who Have STEMI Heart Attacks More Likely to Die Than Outpatients
April 17, 2013 — A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the ... > full story -
L-Carnitine Significantly Improves Patient Outcomes Following Heart Attack, Study Suggests
April 12, 2013 — L-carnitine significantly improves cardiac health in patients after a heart attack, say a multicenter team of investigators in a study. Their findings, based on analysis of key controlled trials, ... > full story -
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New Procedure Safely Opens Blocked Carotid Arteries, Experts Say
April 11, 2013 — Doctors have become the first on the West Coast to perform a new, less-invasive procedure to help clear plaque-ridden carotid ... > full story -
Manipulating Calcium Accumulation in Blood Vessels May Provide a New Way to Treat Heart Disease
April 9, 2013 — Hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, is the primary cause of heart disease. It's caused by calcium accumulation in the blood vessels, which leads to obstruction of blood flow and heart ... > full story -
New Link Between Heart Disease and Red Meat: New Understanding of Cardiovascular Health Benefits of Vegan, Vegetarian Diets
April 7, 2013 — A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis -- or the hardening or clogging of the ... > full story -
MRI Measure of Blood Flow Over Atherosclerotic Plaque May Detect Dangerous Plaque
April 5, 2013 — Researchers have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at risk for ... > full story
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