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CardiovascularSevere
Vascular Blockage
Radiology & Imaging · Cardiovascular
Severe
Severity
Very common — atherosclerotic vascular disease affects a large proportion of adults, especially with age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Radiology & Imaging
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Vascular blockage most commonly develops from atherosclerosis
- 2in which cholesterol
- 3fat
- 4and inflammatory cells accumulate within artery walls over years
- 5narrowing the vessel and eventually rupturing to trigger a clot that suddenly blocks flow. Blood clots can also form due to abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation
- 6inherited or acquired clotting disorders
- 7prolonged immobility
- 8or dehydration
- 9and can travel through the bloodstream to lodge in a distant vessel. Risk factors for atherosclerotic blockage include smoking
- 10high blood pressure
- 11diabetes
- 12high cholesterol
- 13and a sedentary lifestyle.
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