1.   Had his arterial blockage been a few weeks older, Horacek said, the delay in getting medical care would have probably killed him.

2.   Of course, the best protection comes from preventing arterial blockages in the first place or, at least, preventing their recurrence after bypass surgery or angioplasty.

3.   Siegel said he thought the most promising use of ultrasound might be in patients with arterial blockages from fatty deposits rather than clots.

4.   Still, there appeared to be significant arterial blockages that were depriving his heart muscle of adequate blood flow.

5.   The clinical gene therapy trials are to test a method aimed at growing new blood vessels to bypass arterial blockages in the heart or the leg.

6.   The part of the nervous system that regulates heart rate works differently in depressed people, and their abnormal platelets may cause arterial blockage.

7.   Doctors had delayed an angiography, a delicate test that revealed the arterial blockages, because of concerns about Mother Teresa age and poor condition.

8.   He underwent surgery in Switzerland in March for an arterial blockage in one leg, and his top aide, Mohamed Bechine, has maintained an increasingly public profile.

9.   The president, who underwent surgery in Switzerland in March for arterial blockage in the right leg, has rarely been seen in public.

10.   Zeroual underwent surgery in Switzerland in March for an arterial blockage in one leg.