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amm1812
3 years ago
8

Connor has atherosclerosis within his brain. based on this information, he has high risk of

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1 answer:
Yuki888 [10]3 years ago
5 0

The answer is stroke. This means that formation of plaque in the blood vessels that serve the brain cause thickenning of the inner walls of the vessels. When the plaque ruptures, a blood clot forms and blocks blood passage to a particular region of the brain served by the vessel. This stifles oxygen supply to the respective part of the brain leading to the death of the cells in the region.







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