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A new research explains that peripheral arteries, easily detectable by ultrasound, may be useful for examining patient's risk for ischemic cardiovascular disease, thus becoming an important diagnostic tool. The researchers have till now used ultrasound, a research team at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine Department of Anatomy performed a study using histopathology to more accurately grade atherosclerosis development findings suggest the possibility of introducing a new way to measure systemic atherosclerosis the radial artery.

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Ischemia is generally caused by problems with blood vessels, with resultant damage to or dysfunction of tissue. Atherosclerosis causes that artery walls very thick that may increase in rate of coronary artery disease, and there are other factors that are additional risks of race, age, gender and metabolic profile. Unlike other diseases that affect many people.  At present there is no proper medication and treatment for atherosclerosis.

The study has preferred to use histopathology that refers to the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease to confirm as well as expand in search for causes in the arteries compared to other arteries that may associate with ischemic diseases. To investigate the distribution of atherosclerosis in various arteries throughout the body, they sampled segments from the carotid arteries and from peripheral vessels and compared them to clinically relevant central arteries of the torso.

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Demonstrating that the radial artery, a peripheral vessel, exhibited a positive correlation between both the pathologic left coronary and bifurcation of the carotid arteries. As such, they propose investigating the radial artery as medically can reach location to monitor with ultrasound when evaluating a patient's risk for ischemic cardiovascular disease.