2010 Meetings
2nd Annual Orange County Symposium
Grand Californian Hotel , Anaheim , California
Program Chairs: Paul D. Rosenblit, MD, PhD, Robert Greenfield, MD ,
Nathan D. Wong, PhD
October 2, 2010
Chinese Society of Cardiology - ASPC Joint Session:
Optimizing Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk: What Does the Future Hold?
World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Beijing, China.
June 2010
Controversies in Preventive Cardiology Debate at AHA/EPI NPAM
Should We Focus on Novel Risk Markers and Screening Tests to Better Predict and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
Hilton Union Square Hotel, San Francisco, CA
March 5, 2010
What Can Ancient Egypt Teach Us about Atheroschlerosis?
Hilton Union Square, San Francisco, CA
March 5, 2010
A team of US and Egyptian cardiologists and archeologists have demonstrated the presence of atherosclerosis in nine ancient Egyptian mummies that were housed in the Cairo Museum of Antiquities.
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March 5, 2010
What Can Ancient Egypt Teach Us about Atheroschlerosis?
Hilton Union Square, San Francisco, CA
A team of US and Egyptian cardiologists and archeologists have demonstrated the presence of atherosclerosis in nine ancient Egyptian mummies that were housed in the Cairo Museum of Antiquities. While autopsy studies have previously demonstrated atherosclerosis in ancient Egyptians in individual case reports, these investigators found the disease to be rather common in mummies who lived as long ago as Lady Rai, a woman in her 30s, who lived along the Nile in ancient Thebes between 1570—1530 BC during Egypt's Golden Age, and who was a nursemaid to Queen Amrose Nefertari.
Scanning 22 mummies who lived between 1981 BC and 334 AD, the researchers were able to identify either arteries or a heart in 16 mummies. Surprisingly, of these, 9 had evidence of atherosclerosis. The research was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and attracted worldwide attention. Co-principal investigators were Drs. Gregory S. Thomas of the University of California, Irvine and Adel H. Allam of the Al Azhar Medical School in Cairo.
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