ELKO — Life Line Screening will hold stroke and heart disease screenings at First Presbyterian Church of Elko on March 1. The company said appointments must be reserved ahead of time at 800-772-8243.

Q: My neighbor suffered a ruptured aneurysm that almost killed her. According to her husband, this came out of the blue. What ...

1 Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan 2 Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Small aortic annulus poses a major challenge in aortic ...

Various methods have been used to quantify atherosclerosis, beginning in the mid-1980s with ultrasound measurement ... atheroembolic strokes from the aortic arch and cardioembolic strokes ...

Abstract: Objective: Ultrasound-based aortic stiffness estimation has the potential to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), as a complement to ...

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