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Scan finds heart's ticking time bombs

13-Jul-2017

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Inflammation is linked to the build-up of unstable plaques in blood vessels.

This inflammation changes the behaviour of fat around the outside of blood vessels.

CT scans can be use to analyse the fat and inflammation around arteries.

Hoping technology could predict heart attacks in people who appear healthy.

The study was published in the Science Translational Medicine journal.

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Charalambos Antoniades

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Deputy Head of Cardiovascular Medicine Division at University of Oxford.

Science Translational Medicine

Journal that publish papers with topics related to translational medicine

University of Oxford

Collegiate research university and one of the world's leading universities

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Heart Disease