Atherosclerosis is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory and metabolic disease and pathologic process characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol and calcium plaque within the arterial wall.

They also found their mummified remains showed high levels of atheromatous plaques and vascular calcification; that is, blocked arteries. Author Professor Rosalie David, of the KNH Centre for ...

Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty material (such as cholesterol), fibrous material and calcium). The build-up forms an atheroma (degeneration of the walls of the arteries) under the ...