Words similar to atherosclerosis

Example sentences for: atherosclerosis

How can you use “atherosclerosis” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Most overweight and obese subjects had at least two risk factors for atherosclerosis.
The human disorder of sitosterolemia, also known as phytosterolemia (MIM 210250), is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the marked elevation of plasma phytosterols e.g. β-sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol [ 1 2 ] . Hypercholesterolemia primarily during childhood, accelerated atherosclerosis in some adult patients leading to premature death, as well a hemolytic anaemia, arthralgias and tendon and tuberous xanthoma formations are other clinical features.
While risk factors help individualize treatment, they do not address the most critical issue: identifying atherosclerosis at the very earliest stage to try to stop and reverse the process before any damage has occurred.
Various systems have been used to classify subtypes of ischemic stroke [ 50 ] . For example, the Trial of ORG10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) investigators classified stroke into large-artery atherosclerosis, cardioembolism, small-vessel occlusion, stroke of other etiology, and stroke of undetermined etiology [ 51 ] . Uncertainty exists as to whether the clinical heterogeneity of the ischemic stroke phenotype relates to heterogeneity in genetic risk factors.
Using high-sensitivity carotid ultrasound as a primary screening tool would add modest cost, but that would be more than offset by sharply reducing the enormous worldwide toll of atherosclerosis.