Detect atherosclerotic disease that has narrowed the arteries to the legs.

This can be useful for detecting and tracking atherosclerotic disease in early stages.

CRP level is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic disease.

All these factors make smokers more at risk of developing various forms of atherosclerotic disease.

Most commonly that occurs when atherosclerotic disease blocks the arteries supplying the kidney with blood.

Atherosclerotic disease (cholesterol buildup in arteries) may also lead to the formation of some aneurysms.

A recent study has found that loss of bone density may be an even better predictor of death from atherosclerotic disease than cholesterol levels.

All individuals entered in this study were without any clinical evidence of coronary heart disease, stroke or any atherosclerotic disease.

Stroke and/or transient ischemic attack, in the absence of severe atherosclerotic disease and at an age less than 60 years.

Endothelial dysfunction is a major physiopathological mechanism that leads towards coronary artery disease, and other atherosclerotic diseases.

Alterations in endothelial function are a reliable indicator of target organ damage and atherosclerotic disease, as well as prognosis.

Indinavir impairs endothelial function in healthy HIV-negative men and may accelerate atherosclerotic disease.

"It is well-accepted that obesity is a co-factor in atherosclerotic disease that can impede blood flow," says Perlow.

People with RA have greater evidence of subclinical atherosclerotic disease (36), and risk of silent MI (37).

IMT is used to detect the presence of atherosclerotic disease in humans and, more contentiously, to track the regression, arrest or progression of atherosclerosis.

The reactive involuting type is uncommon and occurs in patients with various diseases including subacute bacterial endocarditis and end-stage atherosclerotic disease.

Besides the traditional diagnostic methods such as angiography and stress-testing, other detection techniques have been developed in the past decades for earlier detection of atherosclerotic disease.

Consensus is growing for statin use in all ESRD patients with atherosclerotic disease or diabetes [ 9 ] .

Clinical research in therapeutic angiogenesis is ongoing for a variety of atherosclerotic diseases, like coronary heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, wound healing disorders, etc.

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is also used as it is able to more easily differentiate the condition from atherosclerotic disease.

Genetic studies and numerous epidemiologic studies have identified Lp(a) as a risk factor for atherosclerotic diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke.

The relative efficacy of surgery compared with angioplasty (especially with stenting) for fibromuscular dysplasia or for non-occlusive, non-ostial atherosclerotic disease is unclear.

Nevertheless, the industry remains in denial, holding firm to the view that no unequivocal evidence exists proving that cow's milk XO contributes to the development of atherosclerotic disease.

The aim of CEA is to prevent the adverse sequelae of carotid artery stenosis secondary to atherosclerotic disease, i.e. ischemic stroke.

Occult Atherosclerotic Disease: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine), Kluwer Academic Publishers.