Blocked arteries in other areas of your body can cause serious health problems, too.

• If an artery supplying your brain becomes too narrowed, you may have a stroke. A stroke is sometimes called a brain attack.
• Sometimes little clots within the arteries supplying your brain can break off. This can result in mini-strokes, which are also called transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs.
• Blocked arteries can also reduce blood flow to your arms or legs. This condition is called peripheral vascular disease. If the blood supply to your legs is partially blocked, you may feel leg pain that may limit your ability to get around. If there is no blood flow to one of your arms or legs, the tissue there may die. This is called gangrene. Often doctors must amputate a limb affected by gangrene.

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