What Is Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease?
3. Symptoms
People with atherosclerosis usually won’t show any symptoms until the arteries become so narrow that the flow of blood is restricted. This means that the condition can get gradually worse without the patient being aware.
Sometimes, a serious incident like a heart attack will be the first sign the patient has that they have the disease.
Depending on which arteries are affected, the patient can feel angina, which is pain in the heart. Other symptoms can include pain in the legs or arms, while it can also sometimes cause the patient to become confused more easily than usual. The patient will also sometimes be out of breath and fatigued, while their legs will sometimes feel weak.
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