It is an heart attack.When blood flow to the heart is blocked due to a build-up of fat, cholesterol, or any other substance, resulting in plaque in any of the arteries, it gives rise to a heart attack.
Editorial on the "Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial," which studied optimal medical treatment with or without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable coronary disease.
Eating walnuts can reverse the impairment of endothelial function associated with eating a fatty meal. But olive oil did not have the same beneficial effect. "When we eat a fatty meal, inflammatory molecules are increased that prevent the endothelium fro
Experimental as well as clinical data do not support the hypothesis that atorvastatin or any other statin affects the antithrombotic potency of clopidogrel.
Statins exert their pleiotropic effects, in part, by improving endothelial function via up-regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase enzyme activity.
Statins have pleiotropic effects: anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antithrombotic, and vascular activity, & may improve left ventricular myocardial function & left ventricular diastolic function by increasing vascular elasticity.
Hormone-suppressing treatments for aggressive prostate cancer may cause heart attacks to occur 2.5 years earlier in men with risk factors for heart disease.
U. Kirchhefer, L. Jones, F. Begrow, P. Boknik, L. Hein, M. Lohse, B. Riemann, W. Schmitz, J. Stypmann, and J. Neumann. Cardiovasc Res, 62 (1):
122-34(April 2004)Kirchhefer, Uwe Jones, Larry R Begrow, Frank Boknik, Peter Hein,
Lutz Lohse, Martin J Riemann, Burkhard Schmitz, Wilhelm Stypmann,
Jorg Neumann, Joachim HL-28556/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States Research
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Netherlands
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