Sentences with phrase «deposited on artery walls»

When large quantities of LDL cholesterol circulate through the bloodstream, it can be deposited on artery walls, leading to a buildup of plaque and triggering inflammation.

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While the exact mechanisms aren't fully understood, experts do know that an inflammatory response causes atherosclerosis — the buildup of fat deposits on the walls of your arteries.

It is now generic for a growth on the skin or a deposit on a mucous surface, such as the wall of an artery.

In response to fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries, a type of phagocyte called a macrophage identifies the growing lesions as trouble spots and infiltrates them, swelling and destabilizing the deposits.

The tiny particles are 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair, and are designed to latch on to atherosclerotic plaques — hard deposits made from accumulated fat, cholesterol and calcium that build up on the walls of arteries and are prone to rupture, producing dangerous clots.

The author of an article published in Integrative Medicine in 2015 noted that increased calcium supplementation — needed by older women to reduce their risk of osteoporosis — may become problematic because it can lead to deposits on artery and blood vessel walls.

It is clinically shown to lower LDL («bad») cholesterol, and raise HDL («good») cholesterol, by removing fatty cholesterol deposits that build up on artery walls that may cause blockages of blood flow to the heart, brain, and other organs.