Sentences with phrase «developing plaque in the arteries»

The reduction of bad cholesterol in the system lowers the chances of developing plaque in the arteries.

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Overall, nearly 20 percent of the men and 12 percent of the women who participated in the study developed or died from heart disease, a suite of conditions that includes stroke, coronary heart disease caused by the buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries, acute coronary syndromes such as heart attack, and other diseases.

CVDs typically develop over decades, characterized by arteries that clog and harden from plaque deposits in which calcium is the main mineral component.

But our pets do not develop the plaques in the blood vesicles of their heart and blood vescle blockages that we do (arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease) so they do not get the heart attacks we humans experience.

Atherosclerosis develops when plaque builds up in the walls of the arteries causing the arteries to narrow or clog.