Study suggests why some US football players have higher cardiovascular risk
Linemen's rapid weight gain can lead to hardening of heart, arteries, but problems may be offset with increased aerobic training
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Your Thoracic Aortic Center doctor will determine the most appropriate imaging study to document the location of your aneurysm and allow us to measure its size accurately.
Sometimes more than one type of imaging study is needed in order to fully reveal the aortic anatomy. The following are brief descriptions of each of the imaging techniques that might be used:
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Linemen's rapid weight gain can lead to hardening of heart, arteries, but problems may be offset with increased aerobic training
On Dec. 20, 2018, Greenfield, Massachusetts resident and tattoo artist Ben Reigle woke up at 3:50 am and was unable to move the right side of his body.
A biological pathway previously found to contribute to the impact of stress on the risk of cardiovascular disease also may underlie the increased incidence of such disease experienced by individuals with lower socioeconomic status.
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found that activity of an important signaling pathway increases with aging and with heart failure and that inhibiting that pathway can improve cardiac function in mouse models.
A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified a nucleoprotein complex that is responsible for breaking down the arterial wall in aortic aneurysm.
Nancy McCleary, RN, and her daughter Margaret “Meg” McCleary, RN, share the same last name – and a shared career in Cardiology at the MGH.
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