Plaques Cut Survival in Young Heart Attack Patients
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NEW YORK  - Blood vessel plaques and the heart&#39;s pumping ability influence survival in people under 40 who&#39;ve suffered a heart attack, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Young women with a family history of heart disease may be less careful about following a healthy lifestyle than their male counterparts, a study has found.
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EXETER, England  - Minute changes in tiny blood  vessels close to the surface of the skin in children as young  as 11 can indicate the risk of future heart attacks or strokes,  a leading scientist said on Monday.
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Early treatment with Lipitor (atorvastatin), a "statin" cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces the build-up of artery-clogging plaque in patients who've had a recent heart attack, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Even with new, more objective  criteria, women are still less likely than men to have their  heart condition accurately diagnosed as a heart attack,  researchers report.
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It's not enough to reduce "bad" cholesterol to prevent heart attacks because a substance called CRP also must be kept low, doctors said on Wednesday in a finding that could save tens of thousands of lives.
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If you have a brother or sister who had a heart attack at an early age, start paying attention to your own arteries because youâre at increased risk for heart trouble, a new study finds.
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Treating heart-attack patients without losing any time and with a more aggressive regimen of cholesterol-lowering medicines can save many lives, shows new research.
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SUNDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- There&#39;s more evidence that cardiovascular problems help drive Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists say, and that treating the heart might help protect the brain.
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After a heart attack, treatment with angioplasty or bypass surgery during the initial hospital stay appears to improve survival compared with a more delayed, conservative approach, new research shows.
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Smokers under 40 are at risk from heart attack - smashing the belief that only older people are vulnerable, says a new study. Experts studied 23,000 cases of people who had survived heart attacks between 1985
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Scientists say changes in children's small blood vessels could be used to predict heart disease in later life.
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Minute changes in tiny blood vessels close to the surface of the skin in children as young as 11 can indicate the risk of future heart attacks or strokes, a leading scientist said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Early treatment with Lipitor  (atorvastatin), a "statin" cholesterol-lowering drug, reduces  the build-up of artery-clogging plaque in patients who've had a  recent heart attack, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Although some studies have  found that smoking paradoxically improves the outcome after  heart attack, this was not the case in a multinational study  involving more than 5000 patients, researchers report in the  American Journal of Cardiology.
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Drinking any kind of alcohol in moderation can reduce damage to affected tissue after a heart attack, says a University of Missouri-Columbia study.
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Researchers have turned their attention to patients that develop a form of plaque prone to inflammation and rupture.