The only disease linked to apo E was a rare type of artery-clogging atherosclerosis.

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Zannis, first discovered 17 years ago that there were three versions of apo E, they found that most people afflicted with a rare type of artery-clogging atherosclerosis had two copies of apo E-2.

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They found probable or definite atherosclerosis, the artery disease that leads to heart attacks and strokes, in 47 of 137 mummies.

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While Deeb and Yaremchuk studied the carotid artery, thickening of one type of artery is considered an indication of atherosclerosis in general.

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In 2008, an artery-imaging study failed to show that Vytorin prevented atherosclerosis better than Zocor alone.

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Coronary artery disease refers to the damage to your heart arteries from atherosclerosis.

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When atherosclerosis affects your arms and legs, it's called peripheral artery disease.

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But in January results from an artery-imaging study showed that adding Zetia to Zocor didn't slow heart-attack-causing atherosclerosis in patients with a genetic disorder that causes high cholesterol.

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