In Images in Clinical Medicine (Dec. 11 issue), 1 Lee and Chandraratna provide evidence of dry gangrene in the right foot of a 62-year-old man and evidence of a mobile arch atheroma. They suggest ...

SURGICAL treatment for aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and for aortic atherosclerosis with thrombotic occlusion is relatively new, and the results have been good. 1–3 Because excision of the ...

It affects the larger and medium arteries, such as the aorta and the coronary, cerebral and peripheral arteries (Zhao, 2018). These become hardened and lined with atherosclerotic ‘plaque’ – also known ...

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Acquired arterial conditions include aortic dissection, atheroma, thrombus, embolus, and extrinsic compression (as might be seen in association with a mass in the upper chest). Interarm blood ...

Boston, MA Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with lower hospital mortality and fewer strokes compared with on-pump surgery in patients with atheromatous aortic disease in a ...

Vascular disease history (peripheral arterial disease, previous MI, aortic atheroma) is not included in the CHADS 2 score, but is included in the CHADS 2 Vasc score. A score of 0 indicates a very ...

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It affects the larger and medium arteries, such as the aorta and the coronary, cerebral and peripheral arteries (Zhao, 2018). These become hardened and lined with atherosclerotic ‘plaque’ – also known ...