1.   High blood pressure speeds up atherosclerosis, a fatty buildup in the blood vessels, according to the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book.

2.   Stents help keep arteries wide after balloon angioplasty clears fatty buildup and restores full blood flow.

3.   Chada said he has seen no sign of fatty liver buildup in the mice.

4.   For instance, it may stabilize the fatty buildups on artery walls that can burst and trigger a heart attack.

5.   In balloon angioplasty, a tiny balloon is inflated inside a blood vessel to compress fatty buildup on the artery walls.

6.   The deposits are thought to be precursors to the fatty buildups that cause a narrowing of the arteries and lead to heart attacks and strokes.