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Does Atherosclerosis affect other areas, not just PAD?
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Does Atherosclerosis affect other areas, not just PAD?

Mr Joseph Shalhoub, Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon talks about Atherosclerosis which is responsible for PAD or narrowing of arteries to the feet affects other part of the body too. He explains how the process causes narrowing to the arteries of the heart, the kidneys, the brain and elsewhere.

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Yeah, so patients with arterial disease in their legs, this is also a manifestation of something that could be happening all over the body. And some examples of areas where this is common include the arteries around the heart, which supply the blood to the heart, and that's called ischemic heart disease and that can manifest as chest pain when you exert yourself or even unfortunately a heart attack. It can happen in the arteries of the neck and that is the blood supply to the brain again if that could happen you could develop a stroke or mini stroke.

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