21.   Clogged arteries and bad hearts carry off nearly a million Americans a year, about as many as all other diseases and disasters combined.

22.   Cordis makes balloon catheters that open clogged cardiac arteries by pressing plaque against the artery wall.

23.   Cooley said the clogged artery was no bigger than a piece of kite string.

24.   Coronary bypass surgery, in which leg veins are used to replace clogged arteries supplying the heart, has been a boon to millions of heart patients.

25.   Each year, in medical centers around the country, cardiologists open clogged arteries, only to have the obstructions grow back in about half the patients.

26.   Even when TPA dissolves blood clots, the drug cannot further widen a clogged artery.

27.   For people with clogged arteries, stents are a life saver.

28.   Given intravenously to patients following surgery for clogged arteries, the drug helps prevent heart attacks from blood clots.

29.   Grape juice or wine helps prevent clogged arteries.