What is Atherosclerosis?
Talking about atherosclerosis brings to mind the character of Dr. House in the TV series of the same name, “House”. He gave the ideology of atherosclerosis in a very imaginative way. Based on that, atherosclerosis is the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood vessels specifically the arteries that carry oxygenated blood to the body. In addition, the cholesterol deposits become hardened, and they are called plaques. It gets interesting now; if the deposition of the cholesterol is in the cerebral blood vessels, then the individual gets a stroke. If the buildup is in the coronary blood vessels that perfuse the cardiac muscles, then the person has a heart attack. Furthermore, the same scenario occurs in the leg that is referred to as a peripheral vascular disease.