Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2025

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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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Xylitol, a sugar alcohol with a global market estimated at 161,500 metric tons, has been linked to increased thrombosis and risk of stroke and heart attack. The mean BMI was 35.2 kg/m2, HbA1c was 5.9% 0.4,

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

3 Patients with ASCVD are at a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and cardiovascular (CV) death.4 milligrams per liter (mg/L) are linked to increased risk of heart attacks or risk of a repeat heart attack.23 4 In the U.S.

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Ken Grauer, MD

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Other types of nonatherosclerotic potential causes of acute infarction in younger patients include systematic inflammatory disease (ie, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener granulomatosis ) — thrombosis not due to coronary disease (ie, endocarditis, coagulation disorders ) — pregnancy ( with its hypercoagulable state ).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Elevated levels of Lp(a) are an independent and causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases through mechanisms associated with increased atherogenesis, inflammation, and thrombosis. Having elevated Lp(a) can increase risk of heart attack, stroke, and peripheral artery disease.It

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Other types of nonatherosclerotic potential causes of acute infarction in younger patients include systematic inflammatory disease (ie, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener granulomatosis ) — thrombosis not due to coronary disease (ie, endocarditis, coagulation disorders ) — pregnancy ( with its hypercoagulable state ). Was this coincidence?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

He reportedly told his family "I think I'm having a heart attack", then they immediately drove him to the ED, and he was able to ambulate into the triage area before he collapsed and became unresponsive. CPR was initiated immediately. (The

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