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Minimally Invasive Vascular Disease Treatments

CTVS

Research shows that in recent years almost half of all adults in the United States have been living with heart disease, one of the most prominent forms of vascular disease. Vascular disease affects the body’s vast network of blood vessels, veins and arteries.

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Heart Disease Myths & Misconceptions

CTVS

Heart disease affects millions of Americans and remains the leading cause of death for both men and women year after year. It refers to the serious conditions affecting the heart, its operation and structure, and the many blood vessels, veins and arteries surrounding it.

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AHA: Women with PVD often Underdiagnosed, Undertreated — More Research Needed

DAIC

While differences in heart disease between men and women are increasingly recognized, equivalent focus on vascular diseases affecting blood vessels outside the heart remains lacking.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), caused by plaque buildup in arterial walls, is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.1,2 1,2 ASCVD causes or contributes to conditions that include coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease (inclusive of aortic aneurysm).3

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Secular trends in types of cardiovascular disease in the West of Scotland

Open Heart

Poisson regressions with robust standard errors were used to examine the relative change in event rates over time, overall and by subgroup.

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Advanced Vascular Care

AMS Cardiology

These could be signs of vascular disease. According to the CDC, the prevalence of heart disease increases with age, eventually reaching 24.2% Atherosclerosis & Arterial Diseases Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) : A blockage in your legs. in those 75 and older.