Sentences with phrase «of damage caused by a heart attack»

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A STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) heart attack happens when an artery is completely blocked by the blood clot, which causes damage to virtually all of the heart muscle supplied by that artery.

«Our findings uncover the direct coupling of these two important pathways and raise the prospect of therapeutic manipulation of the UPR to lessen the damage caused by heart attack and stroke,» said Dr. Joseph A. Hill, Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, and senior author of the study published in the March 13 issue of Cell.

Most importantly, these studies show that treatment with vitamin D3 can significantly restore the damage to the cardiovascular system caused by several diseases, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes, while also reducing the risk of heart attack.

The big shocker: The drug boosted the odds of cardiac damage by 29 percent, causing seven additional heart attacks per 10,000 participants annually.

Okyanos cardiac cell therapy targets the restoration of blood flow to the heart and repairs damaged heart tissue caused by heart attack or ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease.

But the damage caused by a heart attack can result in heart failure — and patients diagnosed with heart failure have an average life expectancy of less than five years, according to Dr. Chuck Murry, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Thanks to new technological advances, the test is now widely used to diagnose numerous cardiovascular conditions, including congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, and the extent of heart muscle damage caused by heart attacks (some of which may go unrecognized with less sensitive technology).

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