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Atherosclerosis is the buildup of plaques in the arteries, making it more difficult for the circulatory system to do its job and raising the risk of heart attack. People with a family history of early heart attacks are more prone to atherosclerosis. Controllable risk factors include smoking, obesity, diabetes, inactivity and high cholesterol.

5 Great Resources on Atherosclerosis

• American Heart Association: What is atherosclerosis?
• Healthline: Causes and Illustrations
• WebMD: Hypertension: High Blood Pressure and Atherosclerosis
• Mayo Clinic: Arteriosclerosis / Atherosclerosis Overview
• MedicineNet: Heart Attack Prevention Overview

What is Atherosclerosis?

• Wikipedia: Atherosclerosis Definition
• MedLinePlus: Atherosclerosis
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: What is Atherosclerosis?
• American Heart Association: What is atherosclerosis?

What Are The Symptoms of Atherosclerosis?

• RevolutionHealth: Recognize the Symptoms
• HealthScout: Atherosclerosis -- Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
• eMedicineHealth: Hardening of the Arteries
• Pain Resource Center: Atherosclerosis Symptoms

What Are The Treatments and Medications for Atherosclerosis?

• Mayo Clinic: Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis Treatment
• Revolution Health: Treatment for Arteriosclerosis / Atherosclerosis
• eHow: How to Improve Heart Health in 5 Steps
• FDA: Atherosclerosis Treatments

How Do You Prevent Atherosclerosis?

• WebMD: Videos about Heart Health and Young People
• AHA: A Time to Stop Prescribing Antioxidant Vitamins to Prevent and Treat Heart Disease?
• eHow: How to Reduce Your Chances of a Heart Attack
• American Hospital Association: Niacin + statins = one-two punch

Wisdom, Stories and Blogs about Atherosclerosis

• YouTube Video: Histopathology Aorta--Atherosclerosis with fatty streak
• Healthy Eating: Coffee, Cancer, Arteriosclerosis, Dehydration
• Yahoo! Answers: Describe the effects of Arteriosclerosis on the heart

Foundations and Support Groups on Atherosclerosis

• American Heart Association: Atherosclerosis
• DailyStrength: Arteriosclerosis Support Community
• Meetup: Heart Disease Meetups | Quit Smoking Meetups | Diabetes Meetups

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Atherosclerosis

• HealthBoards: Atherosclerosis Message Boards
• eHealthForums: Heart Disease and Heart Attack
• Topix: Atherosclerosis

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Atherosclerosis

• Texas Heart Institute Journal: Nikolai N. Anichkov and His Theory of Atherosclerosis
• PubMedCentral:

Atherogenesis: current understanding of the causes of atheroma

• AHA Journals: Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements and Cardiovascular Disease
• PubMedCentral: Lipid lowering to delay the progression of coronary artery disease
• PubMedCentral: Coronary artery disease
• PubMedCentral: Coronary artery disease - Part 2. Treatment
• PubMedCentral: Diabetes and atherogenesis

Clinical Trials on Atherosclerosis

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trial Results
• Thomson CenterWatch: Clinical Trial Results

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