What causes coronary heart disease or coronary atherosclerotic plaque, this thing that we track with heart scans?
Well, here are a few little-publicized facts about heart disease that you are unlikely to hear from your When's-the-next-stent? cardiologist or the What is there besides statins? primary care doctor.
(Since everybody knows that smoking is a modifiable risk for heart disease that can be readily identified, let's focus on the blood tests that reveal heart disease causes.)
ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2009) - New research from Columbia University Medical Center continues to shed light on the benefits of making fish a staple of any diet.
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Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun;79(6):935-45. Review.
PMID: 15159222