European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse To your health a so Pinelo Gomi Nocar Rick Schoudel drama blood Tor a cholesterol teat from the Ana of High school student Sean Khmele. Students learn How diet affects cholesterol level by Janet Agostino medical writer. V Ivian mor aes 16, grimaced As Cape. Rick Schoudel Drew blood from her Ion Arm. The blood drawn into a Small Glass esl tube would be used to determine Moraes cholesterol level. Although she is Al an age when heart attacks Othar illnesses seem Only a dim reality Moraes volunteered to be part of a health study at the general . Arnold High school in Wiesbaden. Wesl Germany to show How tally diet can result in potentially dangerous elevated cholesterol Levels. Morses said she wanted to now her cholesterol level because my dad has High cholesterol and so does my Uncle. Ii runs in the family.". ". Schoudel health promotion coordinator Al the. Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center started the study because Many students were interested in knowing their cholesterol Levels alter he gave a talk earlier in the school year about the risk factors leading to heart disease and stroke. I want to show hem lira i diet does work in bringing Down cholesterol he said. Schoudel also wants students to realize that the american diet causes High cholesterol Levels because it includes too much red meat and other foods Rich in fat and cholesterol. The average american 1 a year old will have a cholesterol level of 180 compared to an 16-year-old japanese youth who will have a level of 100, Schoudel said. Choie Sterol Levels Are expressed As milligrams per Decilier or a cholesterol level of 160 my do. Means that the cholesterol found in a Decilier of liquid about one tenth of a quart weighs 1bo milligrams according to information from the National heart lung and blood Institute. The tact that cholesterol Levels Are much lower in other cultures tells us our diets Are typically quite bad in America he said. Japanese typically eat very Little led meat relying on More fish Rice and vegetables for nourishment. Of the 153 students tested Al the school on dec. 8, the average had a cholesterol level of 180.2. The Range was from a Low Olem to a High of 327. Forty students had Levels Over 200.11 had Levels Over 240 and two were above 300, Schoudel said. A level of 24q is considered High risk he said. As recommended by the american Academy of paediatrics Schoudel will provide nutritional counselling to the students who had cholesterol Levels Over 177. The students who had Levels of 24q will to automatically Rete Ted to verily the results. If those students do indeed have cholesterol Levels higher than 240, they will be referred to the paediatric clinic Al the Hospital Schoudel said. Although a cholesterol level of 130 is not causing heart disease at that age it is setting teen agers up Lor Early development of heart disease and stroke. High cholesterol indicates a High probability of having Early atherosclerotic disease in our arteries most notably the coronary arteries in the heart and the cerebral arteries in the brain he said. Atherosclerosis is a narrowing of the arteries caused by deposits of fat end cholesterol circulating in the blood. The narrowing restricts blood flow and can Lead to heart attack or stroke. Schoudel said a cholesterol level below 150 would be healthier Tor teen agers cholesterol Levels naturally increase As people get older. The average blood cholesterol level for Middle aged men end women in the United Stales is about 215, according to the National heart lung and blood Institute. Fortunately ugh Choi Estera a usually prevent Aba. Some of ii is caused by genetics but most of it is environment and our lifestyle habits he said. It s not Loo late to Start making these changes Early in life and do yourself a favor.". As Schoudel tested the students he told them to eat less red meat Fried foods eggs and cheese while increasing their consumption of fruits fresh vegetables grains Low Tal or skim milk and baked or broiled Chicken and fish. David Frederick 17, said he eats a lot of meat and cheese but that if his cholesterol level came Back High he would Cut out the fatty and High cholesterol foods. I m making some changes now by eating More Chicken and fish he said. Sean Kilbride 17, said his cholesterol level was fairly Low when it was checked last year and that although he was being retested this year he did not expect it to be higher. We Don t eat a lot of red meat Al Home he said. It s just the Way we the students need to make changes in their diets Lor 4 months Belo Reany significant changes in their cholesterol Levels will be noticed Schoudel said. Then i m going to come Back and do it again and compare the results he said. A Dodds spokesman said there Are no plans to lest student cholesterol Levels in other Dodds schools. The subject of cholesterol is discussed along with nutrition in health classes for grades 7 to 12, she said avoiding bypass s Argery associated press a device to Shore up weakened coronary arteries could save thousands of people a year from unnecessary and costly bypass surgery and the repeat use of balloons to ease arteria blockages the mesh like stainless steel device a Palmaz steel is inserted with a Catheter and expanded into place with a balloon preventing the collapses that Are the Achilles Heel of ,1 said or. Real card a Schatz. The . Food and drug administration in january approved the elective use of the Palmaz steel in coronary arteries. Schalz 35, has implanted 20 in 13 patients and says none of the patients has suffered artery collapses. The sent invented by or Julio Palmar a san Antonio. Texas radiologist is a tube with 90 percent of the Metal. Removed so that like fishnet ,".Schatz said it is etched into staggered rows of rectangles which become rigid diamonds when expanded. The Liny device three thousandths of an Inch seven thousandths of a centimetre thick collapsed and about a tenth of an Inch a Quarter centimetre expanded anchors to the artery Wall and a layer of tissue grows Over it. Hundreds of thousands of angioplasty is Are done each lha world. In 2 percent to 5 percent of cases in the United states the artery collapses. Immediately requiring immediate surgery and in. About 30 percent it recurs in three to six months. Artery collapse usually comes from a combi Dialion of a blood clot and smooth muscle growth in the artery Schalz said. It the rate can be Cut to 5 percent or 10 percent that s a pretty significant number of patients that we be saved separate procedure.". Nina investigators at Iris dilutions including the University of Michigan Harvard and Yale have been or will be trained by Schatz. I Mink it s gone quite Well said or. William Grossman a Harvard medical school professor and cardiology chief at Boston s Beth Israel Hospital. Doctors there have implanted Palmaz Steh Tsin live a aliens and have had no clots or collapses in any end i Don t think Schatz has the device has technical limitations but the concept clearly Grossman said explaining that the major problem is its rigidity it can Only be used in very straight segments o the primary arteries nearest the Aorta. V v if you have to get to a blockage that was Down ,. Around a curve or a Bend you can t get there with this device because it s rigid he said. A version still being tested in animals is made of More flexible material i think the thing is definitely going to find a place Grossman said. It Wil be useful in sellings thai the. Current angioplasty technique is just not adequate i especially these blockages that tend to. doctor will have 16 follow up to 2,000 cases but if Siena prevent abrupt closure angioplasty might be possible for the 5 percent to 10 percent of heart patients Lor whom it is avoided because failure is deadly Schatz said. If , the patient usually Dies instantaneously. You Don t have Lime to get him to the operating room so it s much too angioplasty is normally Are done in a Hospital lab instead of an operating room. Grossman agreed that stents could become a Means to avoid bypass surgery. Once there s broader experience with it thai will be the tuesday december 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 17
