Sentences with phrase «on arterial walls»

Inflammation creates lesions on arterial walls.

My systolic blood pressure (the pressure on arterial walls when the heart pumps), was 138, «a little on the high side,» he says, qualifying me for pre-hypertension in some diagnostic circles.

In humans, fat in the bloodstream tends to produce fatty deposits on arterial walls and in the heart itself.

Let's take plaque on arterial walls as an example.

The blood volume is a little less extreme in terms of what's putting pressure on the arterial walls.

Smoking significantly increases the risk of plaque building up on arterial walls, causing heart disease.

Inflammation creates lesions on arterial walls, thus contributing to the formation of plaque within the arteries — a process known as «atherosclerosis.»