Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease - Symptoms, Causes and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

Atherosclerotic vascular disease (AVD) and osteoporosis or osteopenia are common conditions among postmenopausal women and appear to be linked in a manner that is not fully understood.

Both hyperhomocysteinemia and increased inflammatory activity are shown to be associated with atherosclerosis. But, the relation of inflammatory activity to homocysteine levels is not well established. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the relation of plasma homocysteine (tHcy) levels to atherosclerotic vascular disease and inflammatory activity in type 2 diabetic patients.

Atheroembolic renal disease is one in which the kidneys fail because the arteries that supply them become blocked. The kidney is then deprived of oxygen-carrying blood.

Symptoms of Atherosclerotic vascular disease

• Heart Attack
• Stroke
• Peripheral vascular disease
• High blood pressure
• Kidney disease
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Ischemic bowel disease

Causes of atherosclerosis

• diabetes
• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• infection
• smoking