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Women with hardened arteries may need stronge

Postmenopausal women with clogged arteries are at higher risk of heart attacks than men of similar age, according to research presented at EACVI 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC),1 and published in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging.2 The study in nearly 25,000 adults used imaging techniques to examine the arteries and followed patients for heart attacks and death.
“The study suggests that a given burden of atherosclerosis is riskier in postmenopausal women than it is in men of that age,” said study author Dr. Sophie van Rosendael of Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. “Since atherosclerotic plaque burden is emerging as a target to decide the intensity of therapy to prevent heart attacks, the findings may impact treatment. Our results indicate that after menopause, women may need a higher dose of statins or the addition of another lipid-lowering drug. More studies are needed to confirm these findings.” ....

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Covanos Names Mark D. Carlson, MD as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer


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ATLANTA, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/  Covanos, Inc., a privately-held medical technology company that is developing C-HEART, a PC-based software product that uses proprietary advances in computational fluid dynamics to rapidly and non-invasively diagnose the severity of coronary artery blockages, today announced that it has named Mark D. Carlson, MD, MA to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer.  
We are pleased to welcome Mark Carlson to the Covanos team, said Russell M. Medford, M.D., Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Covanos. Mark s executive experience in developing and commercializing cardiac medical technology for some of the largest global businesses in the field positions Covanos well as we transition to a commercial enterprise later this year and pursue our mission to serve patients and reduce global healthcare costs. ....

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