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Garlic reduces blood lipid levels, including total cholesterol and triglyceride

Garlic is widely used around the world for its pungent flavor as a fundamental component in many or most dishes of various regions, including eastern Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa, southern Europe, and parts of South and Central America.

Many studies have shown garlic has [...]

Eosinophils - a new player in coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease is usually caused by artery narrowing, due to lipid accumulation in blood vessel – a phenomenon called atherosclerosis.

Canonical theory hypothesizes that macrophages and some T lymphocytes are two major culprits for the development of atherosclerosis, when the interior lining of blood vessel is damaged by a [...]

PCI With Drug-Eluting Stent and CABG: which is safer to treat Acute Myocardial Infarction?

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation vs. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Metabolic Syndrome Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ J. 2012 Jan 11;… [...]

Marathon Running and Risk Of Cardiac Arrest

A new study that analyzes 10 years of data finds that contrary to what many people may believe, taking part in marathons and half-marathons is not linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest compared to other forms of athletics… [...]

Invasive findings in patients with angina equivalent symptoms but no coronary artery disease; Results from the heart quest cohort study.

Invasive findings in patients with angina equivalent symptoms but no coronary artery disease; Results from the heart quest cohort study. Int J Cardiol. 2012 Jan 10; Authors: Schoenenberger AW, Felber S, Gujer S, Moser A, Jam… [...]

Poor oral health in patients with coronary heart disease: a case-control study of Indian adults.

Poor oral health in patients with coronary heart disease: a case-control study of Indian adults. N Z Med J. 2011;124(1347):53-62 Authors: Sikka M, Sequeira PS, Acharya S, Bhat M, Rao A, Nagaraj A Abstract AIM… [...]

Biomarkers of calcification and atherosclerosis in patients with degenerative aortic stenosis in relation to concomitant coronary artery disease.

Biomarkers of calcification and atherosclerosis in patients with degenerative aortic stenosis in relation to concomitant coronary artery disease. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2012 Jan 11; Authors: Adamczyk T, Mizia-Stec K, Mizia M, Ha… [...]

Serum antioxidant vitamin levels in patients with coronary heart disease.

Serum antioxidant vitamin levels in patients with coronary heart disease. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2011 Jul;81(4):211-7 Authors: Yıldıran H, Mercanlıgil SM, Besler HT, Tokgözoğlu L, Kepez A Abstract The aim… [...]

Evaluation of postmortem MDCT and MDCT-angiography for the investigation of sudden cardiac death related to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.

Evaluation of postmortem MDCT and MDCT-angiography for the investigation of sudden cardiac death related to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Jan 12; Authors: Michaud K, Grabherr S, Doen… [...]

Stenting For Stroke Prevention Becoming Safer In High-Risk Patients

Placing a stent in a key artery in the neck is safer than ever in patients ineligible for the standard surgical treatment of carotid artery disease, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Vascular Surgery. A team of researchers led… [...]

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