Sentences with phrase «arteries around the heart»

People with elevated CRP levels have a higher risk of heart attack, which is caused when plaques in arteries around the heart rupture.

The arteries feeding the penis can clog just as surely as the arteries around the heart.

An angiogram is a standard heart test where dye is put into the arteries around the heart to determine if there are any blockages.

Cholesterol clogs the arteries around our heart - why wouldn't it do the same to the arteries in our brains?

The researchers visited 85 Tsimane villages between 2014 and 2015 to observe the lifestyle; and 705 villagers, aged 40 and over, traveled two days to a clinic to have their arteries examined by a CT scan, in order to «gauge how much plaque was clogging the arteries around the heart.»

Not exact matches

Some heart disease patients may not be able to grow new blood vessels around blocked arteries because they can't make enough of a vital protein, according to a report in the latest issue of Circulation.

Fat can also be stored around and in the arteries causing arteriosclerosis, a stiffening of arteries predisposing people to high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes.

The researchers slip a band filled with gel around a pig's heart artery.

Typical blood pressure among young adults is around 104 systolic, which represents the pressure in arteries when the heart beats, O'Loughlin said.

In Syron's case, surgeons inserted a catheter into a large artery in the actress's groin, and threaded it through her body, around her heart, and into the lining of her brain, the Daily Mail reported.

Salmon being one of the best sources of lean protein and omega 3 fatty acids around, it certainly helps to keep arteries clear and your heart strong and healthy.

Those on standard medications on the other hand showed an increase in artery blockages around the heart.

Both from what we now understand of the biology around the development of heart disease, combined with robust modern scientific data, eating fat doesn't actually make you fat and saturated fat from the diet does not clog the arteries: it's just plain wrong to claim that it does.

Magnesium also helps to usher calcium around the body, making it incredibly important to prevent calcium from depositing in arteries, which can translate into angina or heart attack.

A study published in the journal Heart and Circulatory Physiology linked an ability to touch your toes from seated with improved flexibility in the arteries, meaning that your heart can pump blood around the body more eaHeart and Circulatory Physiology linked an ability to touch your toes from seated with improved flexibility in the arteries, meaning that your heart can pump blood around the body more eaheart can pump blood around the body more easily.

A cuff inflated around your upper arm allows for a reading of how the heart pushes blood through your arteries.

Rehm said that even though it's «easy» for veterinarians to kill heartworms in infected animals, doing so makes animals sicker in the short term, and necropsies of animals years after treatment can reveal petrified worms in «unbelievable places — around the valve of the heart, in major arteries and so on.»

There is a common misconception that has floated around for the past 100 years or so of my life that if a person has cardiac problems, a heart attack, or coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring heart bypass surgery or an angioplasty, they are irreparably damaged in their ability to get life insurance, especially affordable life -LSB-...]

His surgeon didn't fix the arteries by clearing the blockage; instead, he stopped the heart, grafted a new vein around the blockage and restarted the heart.