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Red light linked to lowered risk of blood clots

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Humans and mice exposed to long-wavelength red light had lower rates of blood clots that can cause heart attacks, lung damage and strokes, according to research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC surgeon-scientists and published today in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

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Blood clots on a chip: New model could improve thromboinflammation treatment

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Blood clots are associated with life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, sickle cell disease, heart attack, and stroke.

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Blood platelet score detects previously unmeasured risk of heart attack and stroke

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels.

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Cellular interactions help explain vascular complications due to COVID-19 virus infection

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 surprised doctors and scientists by causing an unusually large percentage of patients to experience vascular complicationsissues related to blood flow, such as blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes.

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Anthos Presents New Analysis from P2 AZALEA-TIMI 71 Study

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AZALEA-TIMI 71 Antiplatelet Therapy Patient Details Patient Population: Out of the 1,287 patients enrolled in the study, 318 (25%) were already taking antiplatelet therapy (APT), which is medication to prevent blood clots.

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Different menopausal hormone treatments pose different risks

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Researchers have analysed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The results show that the risks differ depending on the active substance and how the medicine is taken.

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MINOCA : When a heart attack is not a heart attack

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack. She asked me why I felt she had had a heart attack and I explained to her that she had had chest pains and the blood test indicating damage to the heart was elevated and that was all we needed to say that she had had a heart attack.