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Biotech / Medical : IMAT - ultrafast tomography for coronary artery disease
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To: stock bull who wrote (2700)9/7/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: Steven Durrington  Read Replies (1) of 3725
 
Stockbull,

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a somewhat inevitable process which
occurs in all of us to one degree or another. It is a significant
cause of morbidity and mortality, and accounts for about 50% of all
adult deaths.

There are factors which are unavoidable and those which can be minimized. If you reduce or eliminate the avoidable factors, you may
significantly slow down the progress of CAD, depending on the effects
of the irreversible factors.

Unavoidable contributors to CAD include :-

* Age
* Sex (males have a higher risk than females)
* Family History
* Diseases (e.g. Diabetes, Uncontrolled Hypertension)

Avoidable risk factors include :-

* Smoking
* Obesity
* High blood pressure
* Stress
* High fat diet/high cholesterol levels
* Lack of exercise

It is possible in some cases to reverse the effects of CAD, but
usually in the early stages rather than in the later stages. Late
stage disease is self perpetuating, whereby blood flow turbulence and
higher blood pressures in the diseased vessels exacerbate injury and
worsens the state of the arteries. This is definitely a case of
prevention is much better than cure. This is why IMAT's high speed CT
and PET scanning technology have such important implications in the
diagnosis and early treatment of coronary artery disease.

Good luck with your personal health. I am pleased to see you diagnosed
early and taking steps to improve your quality and quantity of life.

I am actually on vacation back home in Australia, and after today,
won't have access to Internet. I'll talk to you in 3 weeks, when I
am back in Saudi Arabia and back on-line.

Kind Regards,

Durro
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