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Atherosclerosis

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia: Atherosclerosis

"Atherosclerosis is a condition in which fatty material is deposited along the walls of arteries. This fatty material thickens, hardens, and may eventually block the arteries."

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Air Pollution, High-Fat Diet Cause Atherosclerosis in Laboratory Mice

"The study showed that the combination of fine particle pollution and high-fat diet can promote the development of atherosclerosis, and may explain why people who live in highly polluted areas have a higher risk of heart disease."

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Atherosclerosis

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

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Detection of carotid atherosclerosis in individuals with masked hypertension and white-coat hypertension by self-measured blood pressure at home: The Ohasama Study. ( Hypertens. 2007)

Home-measured blood pressure is more strongly associated with atherosclerosis than clinic blood pressure: the Finn-HOME Study. (J Hypertens. 2007)

MRI of atherosclerosis: diagnosis and monitoring therapy. (Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007)

Prevalence and clinical predictors of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in asymptomatic patients undergoing coronary multidetector computed tomography. (Coron Artery Dis. 2007)

Waist-to-Hip Ratio a Better Marker of Subclinical Atherosclerosis Than BMI and Waist Circumference "The relationship of the waist to hip measurement is independently associated with prevalent atherosclerosis, as measured by coronary artery calcium (CAC) imaging, and is a better discriminator of subclinical disease than other common measures of obesity, such as body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference alone, a new study has shown.[1] Those with the largest waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were almost twice as likely to have calcium deposits in the coronary arteries compared with those with the least calcification, report investigators."

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