While certain risk factors of cardiovascular disease can decrease with lifestyle changes, there are unavoidable factors that patients can have through no fault of their own.

Vein health is crucial to your overall wellbeing, but sometimes vascular diseases can develop. Today we’re looking at one of these diseases, the abdominal aortic aneurysm.

If your carotid arteries become blocked or begin to narrow, they lose the ability to produce enough blood, compromising brain health and function.

Your peripheral arteries carry blood to your limbs. If these arteries begin to narrow, your arms and legs won’t receive the necessary amounts of blood.