根据一些国家的统计,人类由于心血管疾病死亡的人数占所有各种疾病的首位或第二位。在心血管疾病中,最主要的是动脉粥样硬化。一般认为40岁以上的男性都有不同程度的动脉粥样硬化,且随年龄的增大而加重。冠状动脉粥样硬化可引起心肌供血不全、心肌梗塞;脑动脉粥样硬化可引起脑供血不全、脑血栓形成、脑组织软化。因此,动脉粥样硬化是严重危害人类健康的一种疾病。 According to some countries, the number of human deaths due to cardiovascular diseases accounts for the number one or two of all diseases. In cardiovascular disease, the most important is atherosclerosis. Generally believed that men over the age of 40 have different degrees of atherosclerosis, and aggravate with age. Coronary atherosclerosis can cause myocardial insufficiency, myocardial infarction; cerebral atherosclerosis can cause cerebral insufficiency, cerebral thrombosis, brain tissue softening. Therefore, atherosclerosis is a disease that seriously endangers human health.