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    1. Atherosclerosis is a disease where plaque builds up in the arteries, hardening and narrowing them over time. 2. As plaque forms, it can rupture, releasing clot-forming particles into the bloodstream that can block arteries and lead to heart attack or stroke. 3. Treatment options aim to prevent further plaque buildup through lifestyle changes or remove plaque through procedures like angioplasty that use balloons or stents to reopen narrowed arteries.

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    1. Atherosclerosis is a disease where plaque builds up in the arteries, hardening and narrowing them over time. 2. As plaque forms, it can rupture, releasing clot-forming particles into the bloodstream that can block arteries and lead to heart attack or stroke. 3. Treatment options aim to prevent further plaque buildup through lifestyle changes or remove plaque through procedures like angioplasty that use balloons or stents to reopen narrowed arteries.

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    1. Atherosclerosis is a disease where plaque builds up in the arteries, hardening and narrowing them over time. 2. As plaque forms, it can rupture, releasing clot-forming particles into the bloodstream that can block arteries and lead to heart attack or stroke. 3. Treatment options aim to prevent further plaque buildup through lifestyle changes or remove plaque through procedures like angioplasty that use balloons or stents to reopen narrowed arteries.

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    Figure 3: Timeline of Atherosclerosis

    For More Information:

    Further reading:

    About atherosclerosis, heart disease, diet, and

    possible treatments.

    American Heart Association (AHA)

    Mayo Clinic

    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    General Information:
    Atherosclerosis:
    The figures were appended from the following
    A Segway to Heart Disease
    sources.
    Complications of Figure 1: thinglink.com
    Atherosclerosis An Overview of the Disease,
    Figure 2: Dr. Keefe Manning, PSU

    Stenosis: Narrowing of blood vessel Figure 3: wikipedia.org


    Complications, and Treatment
    resulting in decreased blood flow. Options for Those Diagnosed
    Figure 4: mayfieldclinic.com
    Plaque rupture: Portion of plaque Figure 5: medgurus.org or At Risk
    breaks off and begins circulating in the
    blood stream.

    Plaque rupture can lead to heart attack


    or stroke either by circulation of the
    portion in blood stream to smaller
    vessels, or clot formation in an already
    narrowed blood vessel.

    2 5
    What is Atherosclerosis? Stenosis Treatment Options
    The narrowing of blood vessels will lead to decreased blood
    Atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis, is supply and decreased oxygen delivered to tissues. Atherosclerosis can begin in the pre-
    a disease that results in the hardening of the adolescent stage of development, and can go
    Your blood vessels can initially combat the effects of
    artery walls from the formation of plaque. undetected for many years because there
    stenosis by dilating, but the smooth muscle cells can only
    are no symptoms that are associated with
    relax to a certain point.
    How Does the Plaque Form? initial plaque formation.
    Figure 4: Blood Vessel With Stenosis
    1. An injury to the blood vessel wall can result in Common preventative techniques are to
    circulating cholesterol, like high-density lipoprotein exercise regularly, and consume the
    (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), to leave the good cholesterol (HDL).
    blood stream and enter the tissue, as well as attract Stenosed valve
    circulating immune cells. Angioplasty is a common procedure
    employed to open up narrowed blood
    2. LDL, considered the bad cholesterol, affects change
    vessels with a stent or balloon.
    in the tissue by making the cells of the blood vessel
    wall attract white blood cells (immune cells).
    More modern approaches employ the use of
    3. This leads to an early sign of atherosclerosis in which medications that facilitate the removal of
    immune cells digest the LDL and become foam cells excess LDL from the body which can slow, or
    which are precursors to fatty streaks (plaque). Common signs of stenosis:
    halt plaque formation (Regeneron-Praluent).
    4. Foam cells will continue to form, and smooth muscle Shortness of breath Angioplasty
    cells will migrate into the fatty streak, resulting in the
    continued growth of the plaque. Chest pain
    Stent or balloon insertion into stenosed blood vessel can
    Rapid fatigue during mild exertion push plaque back and re-open vessel.
    Figure 2: Plaque Formation
    *Not all patients exhibit noticeable symptoms* Figure 5: Angioplasty Procedure

    2.
    Plaque Rupture
    1. Intense physical exertion can result in a portion of the
    4. plaque that has formed breaking off because of increased
    blood pressure during heavy exercise.

    This can stimulate platelet activity and the clotting cascade


    which can cause further stenosis leading to blockage of that
    blood vessel, or plaque can travel through circulation to
    3. smaller capillaries inducing blockage in other vessels.
    Balloon catheter Metal stent

    1 3 4

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