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Arteriosclerosis

Hypertension treatment helps slow arteriosclerosis

October 02, 2008
Researchers have found that that angiotensin-II receptor blockers not only provide blood pressure control similar to that of other antihypertensive agents, but also increase vascular elasticity and delay the progression of arteriosclerosis.
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Expert & Community Posts

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Aneurysms: What are they and why do they occur?
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...sclerosis of the blood vessel that are accompanied by arteriosclerosis. Blood vessel walls are... Read more »

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Heart Attack: Why People have Them and Why Doctor's Can't always Predict who Will
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...heart attack. How do doctors know that you have arteriosclerosis? Even at the young age 18, we... Read more »

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Air Pollution and High Blood Pressure - What's the Link?
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...results are scheduled for publication in the issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thombosis, and Vascular... Read more »

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Preventing a Stroke
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...carotid, or vertebrobasilar arteries), or because of arteriosclerosis or plaque that forms in... Read more »

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Combat High Blood Pressure with Essential Herbs and Vitamins
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...supplements can lower cholesterol levels and fight arteriosclerosis. This is significant in that... Read more »

Health Guide

Arteriosclerosis of the extremities
......tissues. Alternative Names Peripheral vascular disease; PVD; Peripheral arterial disease; PAD; Arteriosclerosis obliterans Causes, incidence, and risk factors ... Read more »
Arteriosclerosis of the extremities
Peripheral vascular disease; PVD; Peripheral arterial disease; PAD; Arteriosclerosis obliterans Symptoms Often, symptoms affect one limb. If arteriosclerosis... Read more »
Your Blood's Amazing Trip through Your Vascular System
...all over again. As we age, our arteries tend to thicken, get stiffer, and narrow.  This is called arteriosclerosis.  A form of arteriosclerosis is atherosclerosis.  Atherosclerosis is the... Read more »
Arteriosclerosis of the extremities
......is high, change the diet to a low-cholesterol and low-fat diet. Expectations (prognosis) Arteriosclerosis of the extremities is usually controllable with treatment. Surgery provides... Read more »

Related News

Low Vitamin D Linked to PAD
April 28, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Not getting enough vitamin D may increase your risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) -- a condition where the arteries in... Read summary »