Overview
... Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body. Healthy arteries are flexible, strong and elastic. Their inside lining is smooth so that blood ...

Study Shows Infusions Of ''Good Cholesterol'' Can Remove Plaque From Coronary Arteries
... Do 40 people in a small village in rural Italy hold the key to reversing plaque buildup in coronary arteries? A new study appearing in the November 5, 2003 edition of the Journal of the American Medic...

Atherosclerosis
... Atherosclerosis (ath-er-o-skle-RO-sis) is the hardening and narrowing of the arteries. It is caused by the slow buildup of plaque (plak) on the inside of walls of the arteries. Arteries are blood vess...

Coronary Artery Disease
... is a type of heart disease. The coronary arteries are blood vessels that carry and oxygen to the heart muscle. When these arteries become clogged with fatty deposits called , it is called coronary art...

ATHEROSCLEROSIS
... is the buildup of fatty deposits called on the inside walls of arteries. are blood vessels that carry oxygen and blood to the heart, brain, and other parts of the body. As plaque builds up in an arter...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de las enfermedades cardiacas y cardiovasculares
... Aunque con frecuencia se piensa que son el mismo padecimiento, las enfermedades cardiacas y cardiovasculares son distintas e involucran a diferentes partes del cuerpo. La enfermedad cardiaca se refier...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la hipertensión sanguínea
... A medida que el corazón bombea la sangre a todo el cuerpo, la sangre ejerce fuerza o presión contra las paredes de los vasos sanguíneos (o arterias.) La presión sanguínea es la lectura, o medición, de...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la aterosclerosis
... La aterosclerosis es la acumulación de depósitos adiposos llamados placa en el interior de las paredes de las arterias. Las arterias son vasos sanguíneos que transportan oxígeno y sangre al corazón, c...