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—————————– Atherosclerosis is a disease affecting arterial blood vessels. It is a chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries, in large part due to the accumulation of macrophage white [...]
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Hi. My Grandfather is 93 years old. Recently in a trip to china he complained of breathlessness and experienced a fainting episode. After some tests, doctors said that aortic valve [...]
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I need an expert’s opinion to help me interpret the medical terms used in my Dad’s recent CT scan report and explain to me what it might mean: "- An [...]
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Despite normal umbilical artery and fetal MCA doppler study & normal liquor amount, we are facing: 1. A difference of 4 weeks in FL dimensions (BPD 38wk while FL is [...]
My aunt had an agioplasty in which two blockages were found in her heart. She was told that neither was "fixed" because it would not make sense to remove the [...]
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My mom was told the swolen areas on either side of her neck/shoulders are caused by calcification of her veins. Is that like hardening of the arteries? She has Lupus [...]
My husband went to the chiropractor yesterday and after taking xrays of his upper back and neck the Dr said there was calcification in the arteries leading to his brain. [...]
This came as the result of a CT scan for something else
I am 55 and a patient of diabetes and hypertension for over 25 years. On insulin for nearly 20 years. Two years back, I was in hospital twice with pyelonephritis, [...]
Due to the problem of 70% blockage in two arteries and 90% in the right coronary, a patient underwent an angioplasty in August '06 and one in September '06 . [...]
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My teacher is having a fit. Abstract Coronary heart disease is a cardiovascular ailment considered to be a complex of diseases of varied etiology. A primary factor that initiates a [...]
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