by Doug Bonness | Feb 25, 2016 | MD Heartpro
Part 1 — What Makes Inflammation So Dangerous? Part 2 — Understanding CRP and the Inflammation / Plaque relationship Summary Inflammation is bad. In fact, it’s far worse than one could have imagined in its effects on our body, particularly our heart....
by Doug Bonness | Feb 11, 2016 | ICD-10, MD Heartpro
Nearly 50% of heart attacks and strokes occur in people who have ‘normal’ cholesterol levels. Recent evidence goes beyond lipids to suggest that inflammation within the artery wall is the primary contributor to this residual risk for heart attack and...
by Doug Bonness | Feb 10, 2016 | MD Heartpro
[This article is posted in conjunction with our partnership with Cleveland Heart Lab. The original post can be found here. Posted with permission.] The literature supports the concept that combining multiple markers increases our ability to risk-stratify patients for...
by Doug Bonness | Jan 27, 2016 | MD Heartpro
Research Current research shows that combining multiple markers, as these tests do, will help assess patients’ risks for cardiovascular problems. Recently, most doctors felt that heart attacks were simply a result of fatty deposits that built up, slowly, on...
