Narrowed artery. Cutaway computer illustration showing the interior of an artery affected by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is narrowing (stenosis)

---

Narrowed artery. Cutaway computer illustration showing the interior of an artery affected by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is narrowing (stenosis) of an artery due to fatty deposits (yellow) on its inner walls. The deposits are made of atheroma, a substance comprising cholesterol, decaying cells, blood cells and fatty proteins. Narrowing of blood vessels raises blood pressure, which puts strain on the heart. Atherosclerosis is the main cause of heart attacks.

---

Size: 4621px × 2657px
Photo credit: © HENNING DALHOFF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, abnormal, arterial, arteriosclerotic, artery, artwork, asvd, atheroma, atheromatous, atherosclerosis, background, blood, bloodstream, body, cell, cells, cgi, cholesterol, circulation, circulatory, condition, cutaway, deposit, deposited, digitally, disease, diseased, disorder, erythrocyte, erythrocytes, fat, fatty, furring, generated, hardened, hardening, high, human, hypertension, illustration, interior, lumen, medical, medicine, narrow, narrowed, narrowing, plaque, plaques, pressure, rbc, rbcs, red, stenosis, system, unhealthy, vascular, vessel, white