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Risk management
Risk Management Risk management is a systematic process of identifying and assessing company risks and taking actions to protect a company against them. The task of the risk manager is to predict and enact measures to control or prevent losses within a company. The risk-management process involves... Read more |
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Ischemia
Ischemia Definition Ischemia is an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood to an organ, usually due to a blocked artery. Description Myocardial ischemia is an intermediate condition in coronary artery disease during which the heart tissue is slowly or suddenly starved of oxygen and other... Read more |
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arteriosclerosis
arteriosclerosis , general term for a condition characterized by thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of the blood vessels. These changes are frequently accompanied by accumulations inside the vessel walls of lipids, e.g., cholesterol; this condition is frequently referred to... Read more |
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Risk
Risk Risk is the potential for harm. Although the concept of risk Read more |
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statin
statin (stat-in) n. a drug that inhibits the action of an enzyme involved in the liver's production of cholesterol. Statins can lower the levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) by 25–45%; they are used mainly to treat hypercholesterolaemia but also to reduce the risk of coronary heart... Read more |
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menopause
menopause or climacteric , transitional phase in a woman's life when the ovaries stop releasing eggs, ovarian production of estrogen and other hormones tapers off, and menstruation ceases. It results from declining ovarian function due to aging of the ovaries and is usually a gradual... Read more |
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Salicylates
Acetylsalicylic acid Acetylsalicylic (pronounced uh-SEE-tuhl-sa-luh-si-lik) acid, commonly known as aspirin, is the most popular therapeutic drug in the world. Sold without a prescription as tablets, capsules, powders, or suppositories (a meltable form for insertion into a body cavity), it reduces... Read more |
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Isoflavones
Isoflavones Isoflavonesare phytochemicals, which are naturally occurring compounds found in plants that potentially have strong biologicalactivity (and, therefore, a physiologicaleffect) in the body. They may help lower the risk for various diseases,... Read more |
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Smoking cessation
Smoking cessation Definition Smoking cessation means "to quit smoking," or "withdrawal from nicotine." Because smoking is highly addictive, quitting the habit often involves irritability, headache, mood swings, and cravings associated with the sudden cessation or reduction of tobacco use by a... Read more |
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Vasodilator agents
Vasodilators Definition Vasodilators are medicines that act directly on muscles in blood vessel walls to make blood vessels widen (dilate). Purpose Vasodilators are used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension ). By widening the arteries, these drugs allow blood to flow through more easily,... Read more |
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Reports From the Field: Lipoprotein count can predict heart attack risk.
...the Field: Lipoprotein count can predict heart attack risk The size and number of lipoproteins in the body can predict an individuals...small LDL particles, the greater...Physicians ... |
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Lipoprotein count can predict heart attack risk. (Reports From the Field[TM]).
...number of lipoproteins in the body can predict an individual's risk of a heart attack, particularly...small LDL particles, the greater...small LDL particles compared...with fewer particles. ... |
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Cholesterol Particle Size and Number Can Predict Heart Attack, Says...
...number of lipoproteins in the body can predict an individual's risk of heart attack, particularly...small LDL particles, the greater...physicians may be in a much...out that lipoprotein size ... |
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Warning Signal May Predict Diabetes And Heart Disease Risk.(measurement of...
...means that may predict an individual's risk of developing diabetes and heart disease long...and size of lipoproteins - the little...body - we may be able to...to assess lipoprotein number and...from each ... |
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Detect your risk of sudden heart attack and stroke.(REPORT)(Plac...
...reduce the risk of sudden heart attack and stroke...dye that may cause complications...density lipoprotein (LDL...sugar help predict who will...they cannot predict everyone...Lp-PLA2 may ... |
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Researchers Uncover Warning Signal for Women at Risk of Heart Attack.
- LDL Particle Number and...American Heart Association...and size of lipoproteins in the body can predict an individual's risk of heart attack. Although lipoproteins were once...analysis of ... |
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Warning Signal May Predict Diabetes And Heart Disease Risk.
...means that may predict an individual's risk of developing diabetes and heart disease long...and size of lipoproteins - the little...body - we may be able to...to assess lipoprotein number and...from each ... |
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Does inflammation cut to the heart of the matter? A growing body of evidence...
...battle against heart disease...to a heart attack. The arteries...massive heart attack. Clearly...could only predict at most half of all heart attacks. Now CRP...researchers, ... |
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Different cholesterol predicts heart risk too, may be new target for drugs.
...nonHDL-C) may help predict heart problems...density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol...that other lipoproteins appear to...density lipoproteins (VLDL...density lipoproteins (IDL...nonfatal ... |
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Apolipoprotein(a) Size and Lipoprotein(a) Concentration and Future Risk of...
...relationship of lipoprotein (a) [Lp...concentrations with risk of coronary heart disease needs...size to predict future severe...composed of LDL particles additionally...plasminogen, may add thrombogenicity...which ... |