Sentences with phrase «block plaque rupture»

This remodeling of the plaque environment would be predicted in humans to block plaque rupture and thrombosis and thereby prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Their small size — they are 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a single strand of human hair — and «sticky» surfaces enable them to accumulate and be retained within the plaques to facilitate healing and remodeling to block plaque rupture and thrombosis.

Not exact matches

But in vessels that already have plaque buildup, more likely in older women, estrogen may cause the plaques to rupture and block an artery, Manson explains.

But was inflammation relevant to the triggering of actual heart attack — which often occurs when an arterial plaque ruptures and blocks an artery — not just the long process leading up to it?

«Once a plaque ruptures, it can induce formation of a large clot that can block blood flow to the downstream regions.

Nestled inside is a «necrotic core,» a graveyard of cells that destabilizes the rest of the plaque and makes it prone to rupture, which can block the artery and cause a heart attack or stroke.

As plaque will change the stiffness of the blood vessel and hence the pulse waveform, the novel sensor developed by the NUS Engineering team could be easily used to detect plaque before it accumulates to a size big enough to block or rupture the blood vessel.

Rupturing of plaque causes it come loose and block the artery, starving the heart of blood and leading to a heart attack.