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Taking care of the other blockages cut in half a person's combined risk of either death from heart disease, a repeat heart attack, or a need to return and have another clogged artery reopened due to chest pain or other symptoms, the findings showed.

After Heart Attack, Stenting More Than the Blocked Artery May Be Best

But he swears he no longer smells what he calls the "continental fragrance" that emanates from blockages.

Teeth, hats and wet wipes - all blocking sewers

(d) accepting that hydraulic blockage of a waterway in an open channel is impossible to measure in the field because it is the difference in discharge or head between two mutually exclusive conditions: the blocked and unblocked.

Design for culvert blockage: the ARR 2016 guidelines

When the blockage is located in the thigh's superficial femoral artery, ballooning is preferred.

Opening a Blocked Leg Artery Can Save Life and Limb: Drug-coated balloons and flexible stents help many patients with severely restricted blood flow in their legs or feet avoid surgery

This may cause blockage of an artery in one of her lungs.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Types of embolism

With an established track record of resolving a multitude of blockages comprised of hydrates, scale, paraffin, and asphaltenes, the eelReel Tool is a solution for remediation of pipeline blockages and production restoration.

Gate Energy Acquires Pipeline Blockage Remediation Tool

Given the blockages of Macedonian railways and of Evzoni cross border, domestic businessman suffered massive damages.

Facilitating cross border movement of goods

Point-level monitoring is the most commonly used technology for avoiding blockages. A point-level system indicates the blockage and sends a notification signal to a predetermined location, most commonly a control room.

Point-level blockage detection technologies reduce downtime

Put a hosepipe in the top of the downpipe and turn it on fully - the flow of water through the hole should dislodge the blockage.

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The performance of the rotor in terms of the speed was tested in the absence of any downstream blockage. Initially, the wind at constant speed of 1 m/s was introduced by rotating the direction of wind source.

Downstream wind flow path diversion and its effects on the performance of vertical axis wind turbine

The amendments and additions foresee sanctions for unlawful blockage of roads.

President Atambayev signs law making road blockage criminally punishable act

ATurkish courtupheld an appeal on Wednesday to end a blockage of Twitterwhich has provoked public outrage, local media said, though it was not immediately clear whether that meant the bar would be removed.