FEATURES RELATED TO THE CHANGES OF THE ARTERIES IN OLD PERSONS
Abstract:
We appreciate that the highest mortality
percentage, namely half or even more of the deaths is
caused by atherosclerosis. This fact is very frequent in the
economically developed societies. It is considered that the
rate of deaths caused by ischemic cardiovascular diseases
decreased in the last years by approximately 50% and the
deaths caused by cerebral atherosclerosis by
approximately 70%. This decrease is generally due to the
prophylaxis process of the vascular atheromatosis and
mainly focuses on the removal of the risk factors, such as
smoking, food rich in animal grease and cholesterol,
alcohol consumption and naturally the fights blood
pressure.(14) The complexity of the atheromatosis
pathology, even if it presently, includes insufficiently
clarified aspects and that have a negative impact on
human heath, represents a subject highly studied by
researchers and clinicians due to objective, theoretical
and practical reasons.
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