The study found that the noise of the aircraft caused damage to myocardial infarction

Published Date: 17 Feb 2023

Noise can play an important role in the initiation and progression of ischemic heart disease. Researchers from the Department of Cardiology at the University Medical Center Mainz have found that noise exposure...

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Structural changes in pulmonary blood vessels correlate with cardiac dysfunction and elevated pulmonary pressure in older adults, study finds.

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New CKM guidelines urge clinicians to stop treating the heart, kidneys, and metabolism separately and instead manage risk through coordinated, stage-based care.

People taking statins have about half the rate of sight-threatening proliferative vitreoretinopathy and need another operation after surgery to fix retinal detachment.

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