Peripheral vascular disease commonly affects the arteries supplying the leg and is mostly caused by atherosclerosis. |
The left circumflex coronary artery showed severe calcific atherosclerosis. |
Inflammation plays a central role in atherosclerosis, in which fatty deposits clog your arteries. |
In atherosclerosis, fatty plaques develop on the inner lining so that the normal flow of blood is reduced. |
The splenic artery was encased by tumor, although there was no intraluminal invasion, and the artery showed severe calcific atherosclerosis. |
Our study underscores the importance of elastin fragmentation in the vessel wall as an accelerator of atherosclerosis. |