TY - GEN AU - Walid Mohamed Elshabrawy AU - Abir Zakaria Mohamed , AU - Ali Mamdouh Ashmawy , AU - Ratiba Mohamed Hassan , TI - Incidence of Peripheral Arterial Diseases In patient Admitted to Medical ICU with Coronary Artery Diseases / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Walid Mohamed Elshabrawy , KW - atient Admitted KW - Diseases KW - Incidence N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - This process affects medium and large - sized arteries and is characterized by patchy intramural thickening of the subintima that encroaches on the arterial lumen.Each vascular bed may be affected by this process ; the etiology , treatment and clinical impact of atherosclerosis varies from one vascular bed to another The earliest visible lesion of atherosclerosis is the fatty streak , which is due to an accumulation of lipid - laden foam ER -