A Review: Atherosclerosis & Its Treatment

  • Yogesh Patil Shree Mahavir Institute of Pharmacy,
Keywords: Atherosclerosis, blood vessel, heart attack, lipoproteins

Abstract

of fatty substances into the inner wall of blood vessels. Due to deposition of lipid material into blood vessels there is restricted flow to blood to various organs like kidney, heart, lungs etc. To overcome this effect various drugs available in market like statins, fibrates etc. There is also way to clean lipid from inner lining of blood vessels through surgery which is last step of treatment. There are mainly two surgeries available that is bypass surgery of heart and angioplasty.

Author Biography

Yogesh Patil, Shree Mahavir Institute of Pharmacy,

Department of Pharmacology,
Shree Mahavir Institute of Pharmacy,
Nashik, Maharashtra, India.

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Published
2014-04-01
How to Cite
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Patil, Y. 2014. A Review: Atherosclerosis & Its Treatment. PharmaTutor. 2, 4 (Apr. 2014), 73-77.
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