Causes
Name three conditions that could make someone high risk for atherosclerosis
What is high cholesterol, diabetes, higher blood pressure, arthritis and psoriasis?
Who’s less likely to get atherosclerosis before age 50 - men or women? Why?
Who is women? Why is hormones before menopause?
Name two things you could find in the plaque that builds up on the arterial walls
What is Calcium, cholesterol or fat?
Why do some conditions make atherosclerosis easier to develop?
What is increased inflamation or what is plaque ingredients?
How does fast food contribute to atherosclerosis?
What is high levels of fat and cholesterol?
Is arteriosclerosis a subsection of atherosclerosis or is it the other way around?
What is the other way around?
What makes the plaque hard?
What is Calcium?
What is one reason why low-income neighborhoods have higher rates of atherosclerosis than high-income neighborhoods?
What are food deserts or fast food heavy diets?
Define atherosclerosis?
What is a disease that narrows and hardens arteries due to plaque build up?
Explain the process of how blood clots develop.
What is calcium hardened plaque breaks off and blood gathers around it?
Which demographic has had an upwards trend in problems associated with atherosclerosis, People over the age of 55 or people under the age of 55? Why?
Who are people under the age of 55? What is less awareness and preventative treatment?
Does atherosclerosis occur in afferent or efferent arteries?
What is efferent?