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Causes could include:
- Atherosclerosis
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Gangrene happens when a body part loses its blood supply. This may happen from injury, an infection, or other causes. You have a higher risk for gangrene if you have:
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A diagnosis of gangrene will be based on a combination of patient history, a physical examination, blood test results, and other laboratory findings. A physician will look for a history of recent trauma, surgery, cancer , or chronic disease. Blood...
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A diagnosis of gangrene is based on a combination of the patient history, a physical examination , and the results of blood and other laboratory tests. A physician will look for a history of recent trauma, surgery, cancer , or chronic disease. Blo...
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A diagnosis of gangrene will be based on a combination of the patient history, a physical examination , and the results of blood and other laboratory tests. A physician will look for a history of recent trauma, surgery, cancer, or chronic disease....
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Atherosclerosis is a condition in which fatty material collects along the walls of arteries. This fatty material thickens, hardens (forms calcium deposits), and may eventually block the arteries. Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis. The ...
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Atherosclerosis is the build up of a waxy plaque on the inside of blood vessels. In Greek, athere means gruel , and skleros means hard. Atherosclerosis is often called arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis (from the Greek arteria, meaning artery ) is...
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Macrovascular disease, or atherosclerosis , is the cause of more than half of all mortality in developed countries and the leading cause of death in the United States. It is a progressive disease of the large- and medium-sized arteries . The name ...
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Atherosclerosis is the build up of plaque on the inside of blood vessels. Atherosclerosis is often called arteriosclerosis, which is a general term for hardening of the arteries.
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The most common cause of death and disability in the United States is atherosclerosis, popularly known as "hardening of the arteries."
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