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2. Giant cell arteritis - Wikipedia

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   Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of large blood vessels. [4] [7] Symptoms may include headache, pain over the temples, flu-like symptoms, double vision, and difficulty opening the mouth. [3]

3. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD), [13] is a type of heart disease involving the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to a build-up of atheromatous plaque in the arteries of the heart.

4. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Coronary artery disease, or coronary heart disease, is the most common type of heart disease. ... They can also sometimes rupture, especially when they become large, causing rapid and often ...

5. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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   Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease. It’s strongly linked to: Obesity. High cholesterol. ... Consuming large amounts of alcohol. A history of preeclampsia (high ...

6. Arteriolosclerosis - Wikipedia

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   Arteriosclerosis is any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries (from the Greek arteria, meaning artery, and sclerosis, meaning hardening) Atherosclerosis is a hardening of an artery specifically due to an atheromatous plaque. The term atherogenic is used for substances or processes that cause atherosclerosis.

7. Arteriosclerosis - Wikipedia

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   Arteriosclerosis, literally meaning "hardening of the arteries", is an umbrella term for a vascular disorder characterized by abnormal thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity [3] of the walls of arteries; [4] this process gradually restricts the blood flow to one's organs and tissues and can lead to severe health risks brought on by atherosclerosis, which is a specific form of ...

8. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...

9. Arteritis - Wikipedia

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   Large vessels, [3] including aorta and arch branches [5] Histiocytes, giant cells [5] Giant cell arteritis, also often called temporal arteritis (although they differ slightly) Superficial temporal artery, other medium- and large-sized vessels, [6] e.g. those supplying the head, eyes and optic nerves: Lymphocytes, macrophages, and ...