Arterial Obstruction Articles & Analysis
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The good news for his patient was that she was young. A lower extremity bypass procedure - like any surgery - can be more difficult as we age. The bad news was that the best veins for the procedure - which involves grafting a vein from another part of the body to bypass her blocked arteries in the leg - were unusable. The patient had undergone varicose vein treatments as a young woman that ...
This condition can have many underlying causes, such as coronary atherosclerosis, which occurs with tissue plaque builds up and clogs the arteries that feed into the heart. “There are a great number of underlying mechanisms that can trigger a cardiac arrest, such as an airway obstruction, a metabolic imbalance, a drug overdose, a critical bleeding, a ...
LOS ANGELES, California, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - Exposure to a combination of diesel exhaust and high blood cholesterol increases the risk for heart attack and stroke far more than exposure to either factor alone, new research reveals. The results indicate that controlling air pollution may prove to be a powerful tool for preventing cardiovascular disease. Published in today's edition of the ...