Persistent over-dilation of muscle microvasculature may be one cause of chronic limb-threatening ischemia, recent studies by Kuopio University Hospital and the University of Eastern Finland show. In ...
“Knowing that intermuscular fat raises the risk of heart disease gives us another way to identify people who are at high risk ... likely to suffer damage to the tiny blood vessels that serve the heart ...
a condition known as coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). They were also at increased risk of death or hospitalization due to heart disease. Only a small increase in fatty muscle fraction was ...
The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, added evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index or waist circumference, are not adequate to evaluate the risk of heart disease ...