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2. Atherosclerosis: What Men Need to Know About Plaque ... - AOL

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   An aortic aneurysm often doesn’t cause symptoms, but it can lead to severe, sudden bleeding from a ruptured aneurysm. ... The primary treatment for atherosclerosis is making lifestyle changes to ...

3. Atherosclerosis - Wikipedia

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   Atherosclerosis [a] is a pattern of the disease arteriosclerosis, [8] characterized by development of abnormalities called lesions in walls of arteries. This is a chronic inflammatory disease involving many different cell types and driven by elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood. [ 9 ]

4. 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 ...

5. Atherectomy - Wikipedia

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   Atherectomy is a minimally invasive technique for removing atherosclerosis from blood vessels within the body. It is an alternative to angioplasty for the treatment of peripheral artery disease, but the studies that exist are not adequate to determine whether it is superior to angioplasty. [1]

6. Arterial occlusion - Wikipedia

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   Arterial occlusion can be classified into three types based on etiology: embolism, thrombosis, and atherosclerosis. These three types of occlusion underlie various common conditions, including coronary artery disease , [ 4 ] peripheral artery disease , [ 5 ] and pulmonary embolism , [ 6 ] which may be prevented by lowering risk factors.

7. Arterial stiffness - Wikipedia

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   Measurement of aortic PWV provides some of the strongest evidence concerning the prognostic significance of large artery stiffening. Increased aortic PWV has been shown to predict cardiovascular, and in some cases all-cause, mortality in individuals with end stage kidney disease , [ 15 ] hypertension, [ 16 ] diabetes mellitus [ 17 ] and in the ...