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

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   Plaque build-up often doesn’t cause symptoms, but it can block blood flow to vital organs like your heart. Coronary artery disease occurs when atherosclerosis affects the arteries supplying ...

3. This Is the No.1 Sign of Heart Disease in Men - AOL

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   HEART DISEASE IS the No. 1 cause of death for men (and women) in the U.S.—but not everyone knows that. Almost half of adults have some kind of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart ...

4. Embolism - Wikipedia

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   Arterial embolism can cause occlusion in any part of the body. It is a major cause of infarction (tissue death from blockage of the blood supply). [4] An embolus lodging in the brain from either the heart or a carotid artery will most likely be the cause of a stroke due to ischemia. [5]

5. Arterial embolism - Wikipedia

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   previous stroke or cardiovascular disease [1] a history of long-term intravenous therapy [1] (for air embolism) Bone fracture (for fat embolism) [4] A septal defect of the heart makes it possible for paradoxical embolization, which happens when a clot in a vein enters the right side of the heart and passes through a hole into the left side. The ...

6. Hollenhorst plaque - Wikipedia

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   A Hollenhorst plaque (also known as a retinal cholesterol embolus) is a cholesterol embolus that is seen in a blood vessel of the retina.It is usually found when a physician performs ophthalmoscopy, during which a plaque will appear as a small, bright crystal that is refractile (reflects the light from the ophthalmoscope) and yellow. [1]

7. Stroke presents differently in women than men. Here are 7 ...

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   Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in women, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Kamdar believes unusual and overlooked symptoms are a contributor to the ...

8. Coronary ischemia - Wikipedia

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   Reduced blood flow to the heart associated with coronary ischemia can result in inadequate oxygen supply to the heart muscle. [6] When oxygen supply to the heart is unable to keep up with oxygen demand from the muscle, the result is the characteristic symptoms of coronary ischemia, the most common of which is chest pain. [6]

9. Paradoxical embolism - Wikipedia

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   An embolism can cause ischemia—damage to an organ from lack of oxygen. [1] A paradoxical embolism is a specific type of embolism in which the embolus travels from the right side of the heart (venous circulation) to the left side of the heart (arterial circulation) and lodges itself in a blood vessel known as an artery. [2]