NEW!!! Read a paper about how second-hand cigarette smoke causes coronary artery disease here.
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| Cardiovascular Disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coronary Artery Disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the number one killer of adults in the western world, being responsible for nearly 50% of all adult deaths. However, 40% of individuals with CAD do not demonstrate the classical risk factors such as smoking, obesity, diabetes, hypertension and the male gender. Research is underway to indentify new risk factors that may put unknowing adults at risk for future coronary events. Two such factors will be discussed on this web site: homocysteine and "dysglycemia". NEW!!! Read a paper about how second-hand cigarette smoke causes coronary artery disease here. |
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| microscopy slide of a coronary artery showing a thrombus in the lumen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sudden cardiac deaths in young athletes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross specimen of an opened coronary artery with mild atherosclerosis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brugada syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Second-hand cigarette smoke exposure as a risk factor for the development of coronary atery disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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