Understanding Atherosclerosis

What type of hypertension is associated with atherosclerosis in the pulmonary veins?

What theory suggests that atherosclerosis is a disease of sapientation?

What is a key factor in the development of atherosclerosis, according to the neurometabolic theory?

What is the term for the mushy fat-protein detritus that appears in the intima of the arteries?

What type of arteries are usually affected by the atherosclerotic process?

What is a characteristic of the fibrous plaques stage of atherosclerosis?

At what age can lipid spots be found in the aorta in 50% of children?

What is the term for the process of atherosclerosis going through certain stages, reflected in macroscopic examination?

What is the primary importance attached to in the development of atherosclerosis, according to Davydovsky?

What is the primary reason for the development of symptomatic hypertension in some cases of renal atherosclerosis?

What is a characteristic symptom of atherosclerosis affecting the arteries of the extremities?

What is the term for the death of intestinal tissue due to atherosclerosis of the intestinal arteries?

Why is the function of a large-tuberous atherosclerotic wrinkled kidney not severely impaired?

What is the term for the gangrene of a limb due to atherosclerosis?

Which of the following sets of conditions is required for a disease to be classified as atherosclerosis?

How does atherosclerosis differ from arteriosclerosis?

Which of the following sets of circumstances most accurately describes the prevalence and manifestation of atherosclerosis?

Who introduced the term 'atherosclerosis' and provided its experimental basis?

What does the term 'atherosclerosis' refer to?

Focal deposits of what substances in the intima are characteristic of atherosclerosis?

What is the result of the breakdown of fat-protein complexes in fibrous plaques?

What type of atherosclerosis is characterized by the deposition of calcium salts into fibrous plaques?

What is the term for the formation of an aneurysm of the vessel at the site of its ulceration?

What is the first stage of atherosclerosis morphogenesis?

What is the result of the proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the intima?

What is the term for the process of fatty spots and stripes, fibrous plaques, atheromatous ulcers with blood clots, and areas of atherocalcinosis occurring simultaneously in the same vessel?

What is the result of the accumulation of plasma proteins, fibrinogen (fibrin) in the inner membrane?

What is the term for the final result of the destruction of the plaque cover, its ulceration, hemorrhages into the thickness of the plaque, and the formation of thrombotic deposits at the site of plaque ulceration?

What is the result of the increased permeability of the endothelium and intimal membranes?

What determines the duration of the prelipid stage?

What is characteristic of the lipoidosis stage?

What type of cells are formed in the lipoidosis stage?

What is a characteristic of liposclerosis?

What is formed in atheromatosis?

What is a characteristic of atheromatous masses?

What occurs in the stage of ulceration?

What facilitates calcification of plaques?

What determines the allocation of clinical periods and stages of atherosclerosis?

What is characteristic of the wave-like course of atherosclerosis?

What is the consequence of developing acute ischemia of organs and tissues?

Which of the following is NOT a clinical and anatomical form of atherosclerosis?

What is the most common form of atherosclerosis?

What are the potential complications of aortic atherosclerosis?

What is the underlying cause of atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries of the heart?

How does prolonged cerebral ischemia on the basis of stenosing atherosclerosis of the cerebral arteries affect the brain?

What happens in the kidneys in atherosclerosis of the renal arteries?

What is the danger of the formation of an aneurysm?

What is the underlying cause of cerebrovascular diseases?

What are the long-term effects of a long-standing aortic aneurysm?

What is the primary importance among metabolic factors in the development of atherosclerosis?

What role does hypercholesterolemia play in the etiology of atherosclerosis?

What is the role of VLDL and LDL in the development of atherosclerosis?

What is the role of hormonal factors in the development of atherosclerosis?

What is the relationship between obesity and atherosclerosis?

What is the role of the hemodynamic factor in the development of atherosclerosis?

What is the relationship between hypertension and atherosclerosis?

What is the primary importance of VLDL and LDL in the development of atherosclerosis?

What is the role of the hereditary factor in the development of atherosclerosis?

What is the primary importance of hormonal factors in the development of atherosclerosis?