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One procedure, known as carotid endarterectomy, is a surgical operation to remove built-up plaque in the artery of the neck. A less invasive approach ...
Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a buildup of plaque inside the artery walls. When plaque ruptures it may create a blood clot large enough ...
When plaques start to accumulate, the smaller arteries in the body, including those in the penis, are the first to get plugged up. The plaque lowers blood flow ...
... plaque in coronary arteries. But after menopause, when estrogen levels plummet things change. "The way the plaque looks changes and the increase chance that ...
... plaque, or as a result of inflammation. Many factors can raise your risk for coronary artery disease, including family history. The risk tends to be highest ...
A CT coronary angiogram looks for buildups of plaque and other substances in the coronary artery walls. A CT coronary calcium scan looks only at how much ...
A buildup of amyloid plaques and tau tangles can lead to the death of nerve cells and the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Still, some people who have young- ...
Mayo clinicians also are working to advance ultrasound evaluation of carotid plaque characteristics, to better identify plaques with higher stroke risk based on ...
For 29 years, a U.S. Navy plaque has hung in an exam room of Donn Dexter, M.D. It commemorates his military service as a hospital corpsman on the USS Ranger ...
... plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and in children to treat Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Safety and efficacy have not been established ...
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