onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 12, 2009, 3:08 pm
There is considerable interest as to whether antioxidant vitamins can be used to prevent heart disease. The Cambridge Heart Antioxidant Study (CHAOS) published last year in the Lancet showed that, in ...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 8, 2009, 10:41 am
The effects of alcohol consumption on atherosclerosis development remain controversial, primarily due to the lack of large-scale prospective studies to assess the relationship. This study, part of the...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 6, 2009, 9:41 am
Inflammation and Infection: Players in Coronary Artery Disease? Evidence suggest that local and systemic inflammation may play a role in the atherosclerosis. C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of unde...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 6, 2009, 9:36 am
Do Enteroviruses Play a Role in Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathy? The role of viruses in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and acute myocarditis remains uncertain. Reports of an associati...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 5, 2009, 3:16 pm
Coronary Angioplasty versus Medical Therapy for Angina Patients with angina not controlled with medical therapy require revascularization procedures such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angiopl...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 3, 2009, 10:00 am
The first of the major clinical trials to document the beneficial effects of the statins on mortality from heart disease was the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study. In this five-year, multicen...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 2, 2009, 9:40 am
Insulin resistance also causes glucose intolerance; the body can no longer respond as effectively to the intake of carbohydrate energy. If this condition is allowed to deteriorate, it will eventually ...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 2, 2009, 6:41 am
The lowest cardiovascular mortality appears to be in people who are slightly underweight, particularly at older ages. That does not, however, mean that being underweight is the healthiest course in ge...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 1, 2009, 10:51 am
There have already been several reports in the medical literature that refer to the reduced risk of myocardial infarction when dietary fibre intake increases. Other studies have shown that low-density...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Sep 1, 2009, 9:31 am
Weight gain and obesity harm the body's metabolism through a number of parallel mechanisms. Abdominal obesity in particular promotes insulin resistance, the name given to a metabolic change in whi...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 31, 2009, 6:08 am
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor drugs reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death when given after a myocardial infarction, according to this meta-analysis of 15 clinical trials. resear...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 30, 2009, 4:13 pm
Advancing age results in various alterations in the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system in both healthy individuals and in patients with hypertension. In healthy individuals, intri...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 30, 2009, 10:07 am
Evans County, Georgia, lies in an area known to epidemiologists as the "stroke belt" because of its particularly high incidence of cerebrovascular disease mortality. As long ago as the 1940s, physicia...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 29, 2009, 10:06 am
Coronary artery disease (referred to clinically as atherosclerosis), causes an inadequate blood supply to the heart muscle--a potentially damaging condition. CAD is prevalent in our population; millio...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 29, 2009, 10:00 am
Ablation is a curative technique in which an electrophysiologist isolates a portion of the heart that has been pinpointed as the origin of a tachyarrhythmia and alters or destroys the tissue. In cathe...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 29, 2009, 6:54 am
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is more serious than ventricular tachycardia because it causes sudden cardiac death if not treated immediately. The heart's electrical system and pumping cycle are co...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 29, 2009, 4:52 am
When the heart beats too quickly at rest and the impulses start in the lower chambers, the tachyarrhythmia is called a ventricular tachycardia (VT). Not all tachycardias are abnormal conditions. Our ...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 11:06 am
Permanent or temporary stopping of the heart beat. This results in failure of the heart to pump blood through the body. If left untreated, it is dangerous and life-threatening. A cardiac arrest is of...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 7:10 am
Myocardial infarction observation in youngs with normal coronary heart arteries : When myocardial infarction (MI) occurs in people with apparently normal coronary arteries, it is often due to the deve...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 6:35 am
Experimental data in dogs and primates suggest that the n-3 fatty acids in fish have antiarrhythmic properties, and may therefore reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death. This study explored the relat...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 6:30 am
Weight Gain Over Time Raises Blood Pressure : Studies have shown that short-term weight loss can reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients or people with high normal blood pressure. But the long-...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 6:29 am
Question: Can a Visit to the Doctor Raise Blood Pressure in Anxious Patients Blood pressure measured in the clinic may be abnormally high, and is often not representative of lower blood pressure readi...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 4:57 am
A range of antiarrhythmic drugs are available for patients with ventricular tachycardias or supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs), arrhythmias that originate in the atrium and may be conducted into the...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 28, 2009, 2:45 am
Drinking plenty of water is good for health. Especially during hot days. We are often reminded to drink 2 – 3 liters a day. Some doctors say we should drink as much as 4 liters of water a day. Howe...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 27, 2009, 10:12 am
If you have been diagnosed as having a problem heart valve, talk to your physician regarding treatment options. Some options available to you may be: * Medication * Surgical valve repair ...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 27, 2009, 10:10 am
Valve replacement surgery has been proven over time to be a very safe and effective way of treating patients with diseased or problem heart valves. As the art of surgery and post-operative care has pr...
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onuri tun posted an article on heart disease - Aug 27, 2009, 5:09 am
Selecting the best therapy for a patient at high risk for sudden cardiac death is a decision that must be shared by the patient and physician. According to a study by the National Institutes of Health...
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