Until larger, more definitive studies are available, the presence of a distinctive earlobe crease may indicate the need for closer attention to all possible risk factors for heart disease.
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2000. 7. Motamed M, Pelekoudas N. The predictive value of diagonal ear-lobe crease sign. Int J Clin Pract. 1998; 52:305-6. 8. Elliott WJ, Karrison T. Increased all-cause and cardiac morbidity and mortality associated with the diagonal earlobe crease: a prospective cohort study.
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The earlobe crease, coronary artery disease, and sudden cardiac death: an autopsy study of 520 individuals. ... Diagonal earlobe crease as a marker of the presence and extent of coronary atherosclerosis.
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Increased all-cause and cardiac morbidity and mortality associated with the diagonal earlobe crease: a prospective cohort study. ... Increased all-cause and cardiac morbidity and mortality associated with the diagonal earlo...Increased all-cause and cardiac morbidity and mortality associated with the diagonal earlobe crease:
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“Ear lobe crease and coronary heart disease.” Irish Journal of Medicine 85.4 (1992): 131-132. Elliott, William, and Karrison, T. “Increased all-cause and cardiac morbidity and mortality associated with the diagonal earlobe crease: a prospective cohort study.” American Journal of Medicine 91.3 (1991): 247-54.
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Ear lobe creases are associated, in a graded fashion, with higher rates of cardiac events in patients admitted to hospital with suspected coronary disease. ...
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The presence of a diagonal earlobe crease has been recognized as a sign of cardiovascular disease since 1973. Over 30 subsequent studies have been reported in the medical literature, ... Many studies have shown that higher omega-3 fatty acid intake can cut the rate of sudden cardiac death by nearly one-half,
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The majority of previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between diagonal earlobe creases (ELC) and coronary artery disease (CAD).In this study of 520 forensic autopsy cases, the earlobes were studied and photographed before autopsy, and the existence of a diagonal ELC was noted in 55%. The cause of death,
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