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Results 1 - 5 of 5 for Arterial rupture
  1. Cholesterol Good and Bad Video From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... condition where plaque narrows the space inside the artery. Multiple factors can cause plaques to rupture, like inflammation. The body’s natural healing response to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/medlineplus-videos/cholesterol-good-and-bad - Videos
  2. High Blood Pressure, Atrial Fibrillation, and Your Risk of Stroke Video (American Heart Association)  
    ... too high. That causes gradual damage to the arteries, including those to the brain. A weakened blood vessel may rupture in or near the brain, or diseased arteries ...
    https://www.heart.org/...blood-pressure-afib-and-your-risk-of-stroke - Videos
  3. Blood Clots Video (American Society of Hematology)  
    ... vessel. As the arterial passage narrows, the strong arterial muscles continue to force blood through the opening, and the high pressure can cause the plaque to rupture. Molecules released in the rupture cause the body ...
    https://www.hematology.org/education/patients/blood-clots - Videos
  4. Mitral Valve Disease Video (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)  
    ... including heart infection (endocarditis), high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, and mitral valve prolapse, in which the flaps bulge backwards when your heart contracts. Acute mitral valve regurgitation is caused by a sudden rupture due to a heart attack, chest injury, or ...
    https://ctsurgerypatients.org/.../mitral-valve-disease - Videos
  5. CT Angiography (CTA) Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... vessels, such as vascular malformations injury tumors vessel rupture ... arteries. detect atherosclerotic (plaque) disease in the carotid artery ...
    https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/angioct - Videos