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With the progressive improvement in imaging studies, MRI and CAT scans, we are finding more and more ‘incidental’ abnormalities, and there is now a question of ‘what to do’ with such findings. Some might think that such incidental findings are good fortune to find by accident, so that we can treat the findings and prevent …
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Coronary artery disease remains very common, with management during an acute episode of chest pain clearly favoring intervention with balloon treatment, stenting, or other aggressive therapies. But for patients with stable disease, there is more controversy If a person has stable coronary artery disease (no chest pain) but testing demonstrates are area of reduced blood …
This weeks Sunday New York Times had a great article titled “Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancer” and the summary is….as we live longer and reduce the greatest killer of people, HEART DISEASE, Cancer comes to dominate as the major cause of death. The statistics clearly show reductions in premature death from heart disease and …