Some of the mummies had signs of atherosclerosis in the inner walls of up to six arteries, the passages that lead blood away from the heart.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

But the writers of the report knew that the number of monocytes in the blood stream was too low to explain the millions of them present after an injury to the heart.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Heart failure is caused by high blood pressure or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries in the heart.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

But it found a significant increase in the risk of heart failure where the heart cannot pump enough blood to the organs or muscles.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

"We found that the babies who died of SIDS had abnormalities in serotonin in regions of the brain stem that control breathing and heart rate and blood pressure during sleep."

VOA: standard.2010.02.08