Sentences with phrase «artery disease by»

This randomized, double blind, study showed an improvement in urinary proteomic biomarkers of Coronary Artery Disease by people taking 20 ml doses of olive oil every day for 6 weeks.

The other gene, SVEP1, showed the opposite correlation — a rare error increased risk of coronary artery disease by about 14 percent.

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Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by the build - up of plaque in the arteries, and is a precursor of heart disease.

this helps to prevent coronary artery disease and strokes by building healthy blood lipid profile.

An analysis using genetics finds that increased low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL - C), high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C), and possibly triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with a lower risk of diabetes, and increased LDL - C and TG levels are associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.

He carried one genetic mutation that in modern humans raises the risk of coronary heart disease by 40 per cent, and two others that made him prone to a build - up of fat in the linings of his arteries.

In humans, myocardial infarctions are typically caused by coronary artery disease.

A new strategy — an injectable antibody — for lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions caused by the build - up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances on the artery walls, is supported by findings from two new studies from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

A study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) published this week in PLOS ONE identifies four factors that may account for sex differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), pointing to interventions and additional research that will be needed to help overcome this sex disparity and reduce cardiovascular risk for women.

The clear result of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per cent compared to either drug alone in both patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.

The study also found distinct blood pressure patterns from ages 18 to 55 that reveal people at high risk for calcification of coronary arteries — a marker for heart disease — by middle age.

Overall, nearly 20 percent of the men and 12 percent of the women who participated in the study developed or died from heart disease, a suite of conditions that includes stroke, coronary heart disease caused by the buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries, acute coronary syndromes such as heart attack, and other diseases.

She had furred - up arteries, desert lung (pneumoconiosis) caused by breathing in sand, osteoarthritis, a slipped disc, periodontal disease and possibly diabetes, as well as parasitic worms in her intestine and bladder.

Study findings indicate that among older adults who had diabetes for a shorter duration (9 years or less), nonfatal cardiovascular complications had the highest incidence (coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease), followed by diabetic eye disease and acute hypoglycemic events.

The extent and severity of heart disease were measured by quantitative coronary angiography — a procedure that determines the degree of blockage in arteries.

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association today released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of blood cholesterol in people at high risk for cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis, or hardening and narrowing of the arteries, that can lead to heart attack, stroke or death.

The hypothesis holds that vegetable oils rich in linoleic acid, like safflower and corn, are good for heart health, that saturated fats, such as those in red meat and dairy products, clog arteries and are very bad, and that replacing the latter with the former reduces deaths from heart attacks, heart disease, and strokes by lowering blood cholesterol levels.

An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial — in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy — showed that the presence and extent of coronary artery disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the heart muscle.

«We do show that obstructive coronary artery disease and myocardial ischemia remain the strongest predictors of future cardiovascular events, but for the first time, in a randomized comparison we demonstrate the ability of CT angiography (CTA) to identify a large group of at - risk patients who would have been missed by functional stress testing,» says Hoffmann, who is director of the MGH Cardiac MR PET CT Program.

Some 500,000 people die in the United States each year from coronary heart disease, which is usually caused by heart arteries getting clogged with fatty plaque.

«CT angiography appears better at predicting future risk for patients with chest pain: Ability to reveal nonobstructive coronary artery disease identifies at - risk patients missed by functional testing.»

He had a heart attack a year ago and a triple bypass operation last May, in which his prematurely diseased arteries were replaced by veins in his leg.

In a new study led by Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), researchers have found that there are also higher rates of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in individuals with low income and lower attained education levels in the United States.

The study focused on search trends and hospitalization data related to coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease and the leading cause of death in the U.S. Caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, coronary heart disease can lead to chronic chest pain, heart attacks and other heart problems.

This time, none of the organs, major arteries, or brain areas usually affected by the disease were cited.

This rare and deadly disease mainly affects young women, and is characterized by very high pressure in the arteries supplying blood to the lungs.

An antioxidant that targets specific cell structures — mitochondria — may be able to reverse some of the negative effects of aging on arteries, reducing the risk of heart disease, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

The study conducted by LA BioMed researchers examined 5,593 adults with no known heart disease risk or with minimal risk of heart disease, who had undergone coronary artery calcium screening by non-contrast cardiac computed tomography from 1991 - 2011.

A team led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Cambridge University found 15 new risk genes for coronary artery disease.

Coronary artery disease, or the buildup of plaque and blockages in the heart's arteries, is the most common cause of cardiac arrest, though it can also be caused by other forms of heart disease as well as some genetic diseases and other conditions.

The researchers found that both obstructive and mild, or non-obstructive, coronary artery disease as determined by CCTA were related to patient deaths and MACE.

It is similar to that taken by cardiologist Arshed Quyyumi and colleagues with peripheral artery disease: use a growth factor (GM - CSF), which is usually employed for another purpose, to get the bodyâ $ ™ s own regenerative agents to emerge from the bone marrow.

Moyamoya disease is characterized by a chronic stenoocclusive vasculopathy affecting the terminal internal carotid arteries.

atherosclerosis A form of heart disease where the vessels and arteries can be narrowed dangerously (threatening to clog completely) by the buildup of fatty deposits known as plaque.

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to explore risk variants for coronary artery disease (CAD) and to evaluate their joint effects (quantified by genetic risk score; GRS) on the

11/19/2008 American Heart Association Bestows Award on UC San Diego Pioneer in Peripheral Artery Disease Little - known condition strongly associated with heart attack and stroke University of California, San Diego Professor Michael Criqui, M.D., M.P.H., has been awarded the American Heart Association's 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award, sponsored by... More...

PAH is a serious, life - threatening disease characterized by sustained hypertension in lung arteries.

The presence of a guanine nucleotide at rs9349379 was associated with higher levels of the endothelin - 1 precursor protein produced by EDN1, as well as higher rates of coronary artery disease and lower rates of migraine headache, cervical artery dissection, fibromuscular dysplasia, and hypertension.

Inadequate blood flow in the heart can develop over time, often caused by blockages in the coronary arteries — a condition known as ischemic heart disease.

Scientists have discovered a single dose of Trodusquemine can completely reverse the effects of atherosclerosis, a disease defined by fatty deposits inside the arteries.

deCODE MI ™ The deCODE MI ™ test detects two SNPs located on chromosome 9p21, discovered by deCODE and which various genome - wide association studies have confirmed as the highest impact genetic risk factor for heart attack and coronary artery disease identified to date.

NO also plays a major role in the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH), a group of diseases characterized by high pulmonary artery pressures and pulmonary vascular resistance.

Studying mice and tissue samples from the arteries of patients, researchers atWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest this accumulation is driven, at least in part, by processes similar to the plaque formation implicated in brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

This can be caused by an irregular heartbeat (called an arrhythmia), a heart attack, or coronary artery disease.

By Anne Harding Healthy middle - aged people who get enough sleep each night are less likely to accumulate calcium deposits in their coronary arteries, a sign of heart disease, than their more sleep - deprived peers.

Next Page: Know your risks [pagebreak] Know your risks Though coronary artery disease (CAD) is more common in older women, a recent study coauthored by a researcher with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the death rate for CAD in women ages 35 to 54 increased between 2000 andisease (CAD) is more common in older women, a recent study coauthored by a researcher with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the death rate for CAD in women ages 35 to 54 increased between 2000 anDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the death rate for CAD in women ages 35 to 54 increased between 2000 and 2002.

Dr. Hackam says he measures his patients» heart disease and stroke risk by giving them a 12 - hour fasting cholesterol test and a scan of the walls of the arteries in their neck.

Why it happens: Most aneurysms are due to an artery - wall abnormality that youre born with or are prompted by trauma or injury to the head, vascular disease, or high blood pressure.

Melamed's group had previously shown that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of peripheral artery disease (circulatory problems in the legs) by 80 percent.

Dr. Esselsyn (pictured, right, also happens to be Engine 2 Diet author Rip Esselstyn's dad) starts by saying, «If the truth were known, that coronary artery disease is a toothless paper tiger that need never exist.