Sentences with atherosclerosis
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A a - Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- This can result in hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis, a heart attack, a stroke, or the development of some other form of cardiovascular disease.
- High levels of homocysteine have been associated with atherosclerosis and cerebrovascular disease.
- In atherosclerosis, fatty plaques develop on the inner lining so that the normal flow of blood is reduced.
- The underlying cause of most heart attacks is atherosclerosis, a disease of the coronary arteries that usually develops over many years.
- Inflammation plays a central role in atherosclerosis, in which fatty deposits clog your arteries.