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How To Reverse Coronary Artery Disease With Lifestyle Measures

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Reversing or regressing coronary artery disease is possible. You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. Subscribe now 1 Pathophysiology of Coronary Artery Disease.

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Why Measuring ApoB Is The Key To Preventing Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The fundamental cause of atherosclerosis is when a cholesterol particle crosses into the artery wall from the bloodstream, gets stuck, and sets off an inflammatory process 1. ApoB particles crossing the artery wall to cause Atherosclerosis. Every cholesterol particle has a protein marker called ApoB on its outside.

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

We are learning that risk factors such a high LDL-C, blood pressure and average blood sugar levels, even in the high normal range, can increase cardiovascular risk. Systolic blood pressure, even above 90 mmHg, results in higher risk 3. This does not mean we should treat blood pressure down to this target!

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What To Do If You Have An Early Family History Of Heart Disease

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Here is what I DON’T consider as early heart disease. He had high blood pressure and high cholesterol most of his life, and he wasn’t great at taking his tablets.” ” Here is what I DO consider as early heart disease. The same is true of uncontrolled diabetes or high blood pressure.

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Computed tomographic angiography measures of coronary plaque in clinical trials: opportunities and considerations to accelerate drug translation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the causal pathological process driving most major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) worldwide. For many disease areas, nearly a half of drugs are approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration based on beneficial effects on surrogate endpoints.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

By age 66, more than half of all females will have evidence of advanced plaque in their coronary arteries, as seen on a CT calcium score. Subscribe now But are there groups who buck this trend and rarely develop coronary artery disease and, by extension, do not die from it early in life? The answer is yes.

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The Importance of Regular Heart Check-Ups: What You Need to Know

AMS Cardiology

Blood tests : Measure cholesterol levels, blood sugar and other markers of heart health. Regular heart check-ups offer several benefits including: Early detection of heart disease : Many heart conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and coronary artery disease can be detected early through regular screenings.