Research shows correlation between adult height and underlying heart disease

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation research cardiologist Dr. Michael Miedema is the lead author of a paper published by Circulation — Cardiovascular Imaging, a journal of the American Heart Association, that suggests a connection between an adult’s height and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium, a direct marker of plaque in the arteries that feed the heart.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/mhi…