±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - treatment and outcomes in heart disease /channels/news_feeds/all/term/treatment%20and%20outcomes%20in%20heart%20disease/rss en With a heavy heart: how men and women develop heart disease differently /channels/channels/news/heavy-heart-how-men-and-women-develop-heart-disease-differently-321674 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A new study by researchers from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ has uncovered that minerals causing aortic heart valve blockage in men and women are different, a discovery that could change how heart disease is diagnosed and treated.</p> <p>Using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan, <a href="/materials/people-0/faculty/marta-cerruti">Marta Cerruti</a>, an Associate Professor in ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s Department of Materials Engineering, and her team analyzed damaged heart valves from patients who had undergone transplants.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1137039703.jpg?itok=UC9TWPHS" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:42:40 +0000 webfull 160152 at /channels