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Renal Arteriosclerosis (Renal Artery Stenosis): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Renal arteriosclerosis, also known as renal artery stenosis in technical terms, is a type of arteriosclerosis in which one or both renal arteries are narrowed. If left untreated, the condition can, at worst, lead to kidney failure and thus become life-threatening. What is renal arteriosclerosis? By renal arteriosclerosis, physicians understand, as the name suggests, a … Renal Arteriosclerosis (Renal Artery Stenosis): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

PTCA: Procedure of the Examination

Before the actual procedure, several preliminary tests are needed to assess the number, extent, and location of the narrowings, as well as risk factors. These include ECG and exercise ECG, blood tests, and a chest x-ray to evaluate the heart and lungs. Special attention is paid to the question of an existing allergy, hyperthyroidism or … PTCA: Procedure of the Examination

PTCA for Coronary Artery Dilation

The coronary arteries supply blood to the heart; narrowing or occlusion can have life-threatening consequences. One method of dilating narrowed vessels in a relatively gentle manner is PTCA or balloon dilatation. In many cases, balloon dilatation can avoid open-heart surgery. Like any other muscle, the heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to perform its pumping function. … PTCA for Coronary Artery Dilation

PTCA: Advantages and Disadvantages

The primary success rate of PTCA is very high, exceeding 90%. Except for the puncture site, the patient has no wound to heal and is virtually immediately free of symptoms and able to perform better. This can already be seen in the stress ECG the day after the examination. The downside of the comparatively simple … PTCA: Advantages and Disadvantages

The Surgical Stomach Reduction

For morbidly overweight (obese) people, their excess pounds are by no means just an aesthetic problem. This is because severe obesity favors the development of serious concomitant diseases such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, stroke and cancer, even at a young age. Countless failed attempts to reduce their weight … The Surgical Stomach Reduction

Circulatory disorders

Synonyms in a broader sense Perfusion disorder Epidemiology The occurrence of circulatory disorders becomes more and more probable with increasing age. Up to the age of 45, only about 2% of the population suffer from a circulatory disorder, among the 60 to 70-year-olds about one in ten is affected by this clinical picture, with men … Circulatory disorders

Risk factors | Circulatory disorders

Risk factors Risk factors for the development of circulatory disorders are high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, obesity, elevated blood lipid levels (for example in hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia) and lack of exercise. Circulatory disorders are often triggered by smoking. All these conditions are unfortunately not rare nowadays, but almost the rule of our western lifestyle. Smoking … Risk factors | Circulatory disorders