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Hypertensive heart disease is only one of several diseases attributable to high blood pressure. Other diseases caused by high blood pressure include ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, aneurysms and kidney disease. Hypertension increases the risk of heart failure by two or three-fold [ 7] and probably accounts ...
Hyperlipidemia. A 4-ml sample of hyperlipidemic blood in a vacutainer with EDTA. Left to settle for four hours without centrifugation, the lipids separated into the top fraction. Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. [ 2] The term ...
8.9 million (2015) [ 12] Coronary artery disease ( CAD ), also called coronary heart disease ( CHD ), ischemic heart disease ( IHD ), [ 13] myocardial ischemia, [ 14] or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart. [ 5][ 6][ 15] It is the ...
Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. [ 1] It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), and dyslipidemia (any abnormalities of lipid and lipoprotein levels in the blood). [ 1]
Dyslipidemia is a metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally high or low amounts of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. [ 1] Dyslipidemia is a risk factor for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD), [ 1] which include coronary artery disease ...
Combined hyperlipidemia (or -aemia) is a commonly occurring form of hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels) characterised by increased LDL and triglyceride concentrations, often accompanied by decreased HDL. [1] : 534 On lipoprotein electrophoresis (a test now rarely performed) it shows as a hyperlipoproteinemia type II B.
Gastroenterology, dermatology. A xanthoma (pl. xanthomas or xanthomata) (condition: xanthomatosis) is a deposition of yellowish cholesterol -rich material that can appear anywhere in the body in various disease states. [ 2] They are cutaneous manifestations of lipidosis in which lipids accumulate in large foam cells within the skin. [ 2]
Specialty. Medical genetics, endocrinology. Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia or type III hyperlipoproteinemia is a condition characterized by increased total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and decreased HDL levels. [2]