Sentences with phrase «artery disease branch»

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This laboratory studies aspects of one - carbon metabolism, namely the micronutrients folate and vitamin B12, which serve as substrate and cofactor, respectively, in the methionine cycle and homocysteine, which is a branch - point metabolite in the methionine cycle and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (coronary artery, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease), cognitive impairment (Alzheimer's disease) and complications of pregnancy (neural tube defects).

Sulfloraphane has been shown to re-activate Nfr2, a beneficial protein that helps protect arteries, and found to be absent in branched or bent arteries, making them more susceptible to disease.

Examples of such diseases in veterinary medicine would include the feline condition now known as FATE where a large blood clot forms in the heart, a small piece of the clot breaks off and then lodges in the aorta (the large artery that travels the length of the body) right where it branches to serve the rear legs.

Cardiac ultrasonography of adult worms in the main pulmonary artery and close portions of the right and left branches of the artery enable definitive diagnosis of heartworm disease.