Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of fatty materials such as cholesterol.
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Young people who appear healthy are at risk of clogged arteries, Canadian researchers said Tuesday.
Scientists from the University of Quebec studied 168 adults, aged between 18 and 35, and found that a "staggering" proportion of them have a buildup of fat in the walls of arteries, known as atherosclerosis .The participants of the study had no family history of heart disease and no other known risk factors, such as diabetes, obesity, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure or smoking."The proportion of young, apparently healthy adults who are presumably 'the picture of health' who already have atherosclerosis is staggering," Dr. Eric Larose, an interventional cardiologist at the university, told Canada's Cardiovascular Congress in Vancouver.Some of the volunteers were found to have greater waist circumference and visceral fat covering internal organs within the chest and abdomen.Larose said that young people with higher amounts of visceral fat were at greater risk of heart attack or ...
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