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A Hearty Life

April 12th, 2006

Heart Valve Disease Caused by High Cholesterol

High cholesterol is responsible not just for clogging arteries, but it probably plays a role in damaging heart valves as well by reprogramming cells in the aortic and mitral valves into bone and cartilage cells, respectively. Knowing this, it may be possible to prevent heart valve disease by controlling cholesterol levels rather than treating […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments