IMED3001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Coronary Artery Disease, Hyperlipidemia, Thrombus
15 Dec 2020
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A disease of large and medium-sized arteries. A condition in which an artery wall thickens and hardens as a result of a build-up of fatty materials, forming plaques or atheromas. General term for thickening and hardening of arteries for any reason (there are other causes of arteriosclerosis besides atherosclerosis) When an artery wall thickens as a result of a build- up of fatty material (atheroma/atheromatous plaques) The process of development of atheromatous plaques. Thickening and hardening of arterioles (most often due to hypertension or diabetes, not the result of atherosclerosis!) Which either reduces or completely stops the flow of blood to the tissues that the artery supplies, causing tissue damage. The leading cause of death in the developed world. (mostly due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke) Over half of the deaths per year in the us are attributable to atherosclerosis. Decrease in the mortality of ihd in developed countries but on the rise in developing countries.
