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Introduction to Atherosclerosis Presented by: Hilary BarrettE-Tivity 2 Slide share

CS8013: DIGITAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENTAtherosclerosis

http://www.pharmaceutical-networking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Atherosclerosis-Diagram.bmppharmaceutical-networking, 2014Acknowledgements2Atherosclerosis is the most prevalent vascular disease whereby structural alterations occur leading to many complications such as heart attack, stroke and gangrene.

It is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease of the artery wall.

It involves a distinctive accumulation of Fatty Plaque and low density lipid proteins within the intima and inner media.

This disease tends to be localised in the carotid, coronary, and femoral arteries.

BackgroundAcknowledgementsCarotid Artery Plaquehttp://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_442934/Image/Neurosurgery_Chicago/Images/NeuroVascular%20images/Carotid_Disease_3.JPG

AcknowledgementsStroke is the second most common cause of mortality in the western world

Attributed to the unexpected rupture of a Vulnerable Carotid Plaque Type Disease Progression

http://mouseclique.jax.org/wp-content/uploads/Atherosclerosis1.jpgAtherosclerosis, 2014AcknowledgementsTreatment Options

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Treatment Option #1Carotid Endarterectomy Surgical ApproachAcknowledgementsTreatment Option #2

Carotid Artery Stenting Minimally Invasive optionModernHealth,2013Acknowledgements

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