- smoking, and
maintaining normal body weight.
Treatment of
established atherosclerotic disease may
include medications to
lower cholesterol such as statins...
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Bettmann MA, et al. (June 2004). "
Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Conference:
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Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Conference proceeding...
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Gangrene is a type of
tissue death caused by a lack of
blood supply.
Symptoms may
include a
change in skin
color to red or black, numbness, swelling, pain...
- A
penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) is an
atherosclerotic lesion that ulcerates,
leading to a
hematoma forming within the
walls of the aorta. The...
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extracellular lipid core near the
centre to
inner surface of each
atherosclerotic plaque. [citation needed] Conversely, the outer,
older portions of...
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harden and
narrow due to the build-up of plaque. This is
known as
atherosclerotic renovascular disease,
which accounts for
about 90% of cases. This narrowing...
- with an
abnormal lower extremity pulse examination Those with
known atherosclerotic coronary, carotid, or
renal artery disease All
people with a Framingham...
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Arterial insufficiency ulcers (also
known as
ischemic ulcers, or
ischemic wounds) are
mostly located on the
lateral surface of the
ankle or the distal...
- as
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease,
involves the
deposition of
cholesterol and
subsequent inflammation-driven
formation of
atherosclerotic plaques...
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deposition of an
atheromatous plaque.
Atheromatous plaques, also
called atherosclerotic plaques, are made of fats and lipid-laden macrophages.
Plaque deposition...
