Vascular Disease

Vascular disease or disease of the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries) is known medically as angiopathy.  There are two basic types of vascular disease, microangiopathy and macroangiopathy.

Microangiopathy involves the thickening of small blood vessel walls which become so thick and weak that they bleed, leak protein, and slow the flow of blood.  Diabetics, for example, may develop microangiopathy with thickening of capillaries in many areas including the eye.

During Macroangiopathy, fat and blood clots accumulate in the large blood vessels, sticking to the vessel walls, and blocking the flow of blood.  Three common forms of macroangiopathy are coronary artery disease (in the heart), cerebrovascular disease (in the brain), and peripheral vascular disease (often affecting vessels in the legs).

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