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Cardiovascular Disease: Confronting the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide
Cardiovascular Disease: Confronting the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide
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Digitally enhanced 3D computed tomography (CT) scan of a human heart (Science Photo Library©)
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As more ACE A nurse using cardiac monitoring equipment on a patient as part of Though cholesterol is essential for the functioning inhibitors were developed, studies showed that a health screening program, 1967 (Science Photo Library®) of all organs, genetic and epidemiological studies their use has positive effects on a wide range of have shown that elevated cholesterol levels can diseases, including heart failure, diabetes, and cause coronary heart disease.
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heart attack, stroke, or heart failure in 10 years than 2010 those with optimal blood pressure, emphasizing 1986 the need for people to determine early whether The Hereditary Risk of Stroke their risk can be reduced by lowering their blood In 2010, a study determined that having a parent Scaffolding for Cardiac Vessels pressure. who suffered a stroke tripled a person's risk of In 1986, doctors implanted the first self-expanding stroke, with a slightly greater risk if that parent coronary stent into a patient in Toulouse, France.
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treatments on a detailed understanding of how respond. Unlike statins, PSCK9 inhibitors, which Recently, researchers have begun clinical trials that people's genes interact with their environments were developed following genetic studies of incorporate advances in stem cells, developmental to produce particular outcomes.
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