Arteriosclerosis and atherosclorosis
Arteriosclerosis, also known as Peripheral Vascular Disease and Peripheral Arterial Disease, is the hardening of the walls of the arteries. Arteriosclerosis often begins in the feet and travels to the blood vessels in the leg. In arteriosclerosis, the outside wall of the artery becomes thicker, as the central, or lumen, becomes narrower. The artery walls also lose their elasticity. Often, cerebral arteriosclerosis is responsible for the senility in elderly people. If the leg vessels are infected, there will probably be a loss of movement and it may lead to gangrene (disease that deteriorates whatever it has affected and that part eventually needs to be amputated). There is also a decrease in blood flow in the infected leg area and will hurt nerves and other tissues. When a blood vessel is completely clogged, it will most likely result in a heart attack. (If it happens in the cerebral arteries, it is called an Apoplexy, and if it is in the coronary arteries it is known as a Thrombosis.) The hardening of the arteries begins in the feet and travels to the legs. When the vessel narrows, it will sometimes become totally occluded, or blocked. Because the walls of the artery is not as elastic as before, it
Peripheral Artery Disease may be detected by an MRI scan, an abnormal ratio between the blood pressure of the ankle and the arm, a 2. Treat and control hypertension and diabetes Atherosclerosis is caused by the Lipid-Oxidation Theory.
Some topics in this essay:
Arterial Disease,
Density Lipoproteins,
Heart Attack,
Artery Disease,
Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis,
Arteriosclerosis Plaque,
Lipid-Oxidation Theory,
MRA Magnetic,
CT Scan,
blood flow,
blood pressure,
Ultrasonic Duplex,
coronary artery,
and/or feet,
legs and/or,
atherosclerosis 1,
legs and/or feet,
artery disease,
feet legs,
injury infection feet,
diabetes 3,
infection feet,
hypertension blood pressure,
begins feet travels,
coronary artery disease,
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