Scientists at University of Pittsburgh release new data on life sciences

Research findings, 'Premenopausal risk factors for coronary and aortic calcification: a 20-year follow-up in the healthy women study,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from the United States, "It is important to understand the early development of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women to prevent costly morbidity and mortality associated with CVD events 363 Women enrolled in the Healthy Women Study, Allegheny County, PA, had electron beam tomography measures of coronary (CaC) and aortic (AC) calcification on average 14.6 years after study entry in 1983; 267 had a second EBT 6.4 years later, by 2006. Risk factors were assessed when women were premenopausal and...

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