Endarterectomy removes fatty plaque through an incision in the neck.

通过在颈部切口去除内膜上的脂肪斑块。

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Although the science is still unclear, Miller believes it is likely that the estrogen in HRT helps prevent the build-up of fatty plaque inside women's arteries when given early.

虽然科学上仍不明确，米勒相信早期采取激素替代疗法，其中的雌激素能阻止女性动脉血管脂肪斑块的形成。

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The answer lies in the composition of plaque, the fatty deposit that builds up in arteries and can eventually clog them.

答案在于栓塞的成分——这种脂肪沉积在动脉上逐渐增加，并最终阻塞动脉。

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An angiogram showed he had blockages in some coronary arteries, caused by fatty plaque over the years, doctors said.

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The good news is that there is also a CT scan available to detect fatty deposits that constitute soft plaque, called a Coronary CT Angiography (CTA).

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In 1979 pathologist Ross Gerrity showed that in pigs one of the first steps in the formation of artery plaque occurs when macrophages travel into the artery and gobble up cholesterol inside, forming fatty deposits.

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