41.   That night he underwent a procedure to clear a partly blocked artery in his heart.

42.   Surgeons attach new blood vessels to bridge blocked arteries on the surface of the heart.

43.   That test can detect the blocked arteries that are an underlying cause of heart attacks.

44.   That test found the blocked artery that was treated Tuesday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.

45.   The connection was found between gum disease and strokes caused by blocked arteries, the most common, not strokes caused by a brain hemorrhage.

46.   The drug is being tested as an alternative to bypass surgery for treating blocked arteries in the heart and limbs.

47.   The FDA approved a catheter system that will be used to open blocked arteries in the heart.

48.   The last week in November, she underwent angioplasty, surgery to free two blocked arteries, but her condition remains critical.

49.   The heart then creates new channels so that blood can get around blocked arteries, sending more blood to oxygen starved tissue.

50.   The patients in the study all had risk factors like diabetes or a history of heart attacks, stroke or blocked arteries in the legs, heart or neck.