Atherosclerosis in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis

Atherosclerosis in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis

Patients over the age of 40, if aortic widened distortions can rule out other diseases, have prompted aortic atherosclerosis may, if suddenly appeared unsteady gait or dizziness no signs of increased intracranial pressure, should be suspected basilar artery Atherosclerosis in the brain caused by insufficient blood supply; activities after a brief heart before and after the sternum area Mentong or pressure, should be suspect and coronary insufficiency; nocturnal enuresis often for renal artery atherosclerosis in one of the early symptoms . In addition, patients frequently have atherosclerosis risk factors, such as hypertension, high cholesterol levels, low HDL levels, diabetes and smoking. Such as selective as electrocardiogram, radionuclide heart, brain, kidneys and other organs scans, Doppler ultrasound and selective angiography, and so on, will help clear diagnosis.
Clinically, often to be considered inflammatory and arterial disease (such as multiple artery inflammation, thrombosis obliterans, etc.) and congenital artery stenosis (such as the aorta, renal artery stenosis, etc.) differential. Inflammation of the artery disease is more low heat, ESR by inflammation, such as fast performance, congenital coarctation of the aorta age of onset light, without atherosclerosis risk factors.