'Pretty Clean' Coronary Arteries ; Doctor Tells Jury About Heart Attack in Vioxx Patient

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ATLANTIC CITY - An Idaho postal worker who blames his 2001 heart attack on Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller had large, "pretty clean" coronary arteries when he entered the hospital, his emergency room cardiologist testified Monday.

Frederick Humeston had smooth arteries without significant buildup of plaque when he suffered a minor heart attack on Sept. 18, 2001, Dr. Graham Wetherly said at the second product-liability trial over the drug. Merck blames Humeston's heart attack on conditions cause by his weight, blood pressure and stress.

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'Pretty Clean' Coronary Arteries ; Doctor Tells Jury About Heart Attack in Vioxx Patient

"I'm not sure now there's much atherosclerosis at all," Wetherly said in a videotaped deposition shown to jurors in New Jersey. "In fac...

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