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Fat around the heart may increase risk of heart attacks
Jul 30, 2008 |
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When it comes to risk for a heart attack, having excess fat around the heart may be worse than having a high body mass index or a thick waist, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and ...
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MDCT accurate in detecting stenosis in calcified coronary artery plaque
Apr 11, 2008 |
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Multidetector CT angiography can accurately predict the presence of obstructive disease (stenosis) in small and moderate-sized calcified coronary artery plaque (CAP), and is even fairly accurate in diagnosing large and heavily ...
Coronary CTA: Non-invasive, low cost alternative for 'intermediate risk' patients
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Coronary CTA offers a low cost, non-invasive alternative to conventional angiography for evaluating patients who are suspected of having coronary artery disease; true even if the patients have calcified coronary artery plaques, ...
Coronary calcium distribution tied to heart attack risk
May 27, 2008 |
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A new calcium scoring method may better predict a person’s risk of heart attack, according to a new multicenter study published in the June issue of the journal Radiology. Calcium coverage scoring takes into account not on ...
'Healthy' individuals may be at risk for heart disease
Sep 08, 2008 |
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In the face of a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have new study results that indicate that how much fat a person has is not as important as where ...
Diabetic patients require global care
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Diabetes mellitus-associated coronary artery disease (CAD) is assuming epidemic proportions, especially in western countries. Both coronary revascularization and medical management have improved tremendously over the last ...
High phosphorus linked to coronary calcification in chronic kidney disease
Dec 10, 2008 |
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For patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), higher levels of phosphorus in the blood are associated with increased calcification of the major arteries and heart valves—which may contribute to the increased risk ...
Physiologic factors linked to image quality of multidetector computed tomography scans
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A large multicenter international trial found that the image quality of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans, used for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease, can be significantly affected by patient ...
Twin study examines associations between depression and coronary artery disease
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Major depression and coronary artery disease are only modestly related throughout an individual's lifetime, but studying how the two interact over time and in twin pairs paints a more complex picture of the associations between ...
Skipping sleep may signal problems for coronary arteries
Dec 23, 2008 |
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One extra hour of sleep per night appears to decrease the risk of coronary artery calcification, an early step down the path to cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports ...
Heart test found safe for pre-transplant kidney patients
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A screening test that measures whether a patient's heart is healthy enough for a kidney transplant is not as dangerous as once thought, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the Am ...
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