Hispanics With Clogged Arteries At Greatest Risk Of Stroke, Heart Attack

Hispanics who have even a small amount of plaque build-up in the neck artery that supplies blood to the brain are up to four times more likely to suffer or die from a stroke or heart attack than Hispanics who do not have plaque, according to a study published in the March 19, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Filed under: Stroke on April 3rd, 2008