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Damage Inflicted During Cardiac Attacks More Widespread than Previously Thought, MSU Researchers Find

 

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cholesterol crystals released in the bloodstream during a cardiac attack or stroke can damage artery linings much further away from the site of the attack, leaving survivors at greater risk than previously thought.

George Abela, a physician in Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and chief of the Department of Medicine’s cardiology section, is leading innovative research into the role that the crystallization and expansion of cholesterol play in heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events in humans.

He presented his latest research this week at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions meeting in New Orleans.

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