When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: atherosclerotic plaques in arteries surgery recovery
    • Aortic Stenosis

      Aortic stenosis is progressive.

      Don't wait to act.

    • What Is TAVR?

      A less invasive option for severe

      aortic stenosis with symptoms.

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Endarterectomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endarterectomy

    Atherosclerotic plaque from a carotid endarterectomy specimen. An endarterectomy of the carotid artery in the neck is recommended to reduce the risk of stroke when the carotid artery is severely narrowed, particularly after a stroke to reduce the risk of additional strokes. [citation needed]

  3. Vascular bypass - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_bypass

    Immediately following coronary artery or neurosurgical vascular bypass surgery, patients recover in an intensive care unit or coronary care unit for one to two days. Provided that recovery is normal and without complications, they can move to a less intensively monitored unit such as a step-down unit or a ward bed. Depending on the extent of ...

  4. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_artery_bypass_surgery

    Coronary artery bypass surgery aims to prevent death from coronary artery disease and improve quality of life by relieving angina, the associated feeling of chest pain. [1] The decision to perform surgery is informed by studies of CABG's efficacy in different patient subgroups, based on the lesions' anatomy or how well the heart is functioning.

  5. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

    www.aol.com/heart-disease-everything-know...

    It occurs when fatty deposits called plaques build up in your arteries, making them thicker-walled, harder, and narrower — a disease process known as atherosclerosis. These fatty deposits ...

  6. Carotid endarterectomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotid_endarterectomy

    Carotid endarterectomy is used to reduce the risk of strokes caused by carotid artery stenosis over time. Carotid stenosis can either have symptoms (i.e., be symptomatic), or be found by a doctor in the absence of symptoms (asymptomatic) - and the risk-reduction from endarterectomy is greater for symptomatic than asymptomatic patients.

  7. Atherectomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherectomy

    Atherectomy is a minimally invasive technique for removing atherosclerosis from blood vessels within the body. It is an alternative to angioplasty for the treatment of peripheral artery disease, but the studies that exist are not adequate to determine whether it is superior to angioplasty. [1]

  8. Atherosclerosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherosclerosis

    Atherosclerosis [a] is a pattern of the disease arteriosclerosis, [8] characterized by development of abnormalities called lesions in walls of arteries.This is a chronic inflammatory disease involving many different cell types and driven by elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood. [9]

  9. Atheroma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheroma

    Illustration comparing a normal blood vessel and partially blocked vessel due to atherosclerotic plaque. Notice the enlargement & absence of much luminal narrowing. [6] Because artery walls enlarge at locations with atheroma, [6] detecting atheroma before death and autopsy has long been problematic at best. Most methods have focused on the ...