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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Renal Artery Aneurysm - Atheroembolic Renal Disease

Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors

Atheroembolic renal disease is one in which the kidneys fail because the arteries that supply them become blocked. The kidney is then deprived of oxygen-carrying blood.

What is going on in the body?

Blockage in the renal arteries can be caused by these conditions:

an aneurysm, or bulging in the wall of the blood vessel

atherosclerosis, which causes a buildup of a fatty substance called plaque

an embolism, which is a blood or cholesterol clot that travels from some other place in the body

What are the causes and risks of the disease?

The following can cause atherosclerosis:

diabetes

high blood pressure

high cholesterol

infection

smoking

Some of the causes of blood clots are as follows:

arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats

coronary heart disease

heart valve disease

plaque buildup

The following can cause cholesterol clots:

complications from procedures on the heart, such as cardiac catheterization

medicine used to break up clots

plaque buildup

vascular surgery

Aneurysms can be formed by the following:

high blood pressure over a long period of time

plaque buildup

poorly understood genetic factors

trauma to the blood vessel, such as surgery or a gunshot wound

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