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Explain the relationship between cholesterol and atherosclerosis. How does atherosclerosis impact blood flow?

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Cholesterol (especially LDL*) tend to get into macrophages which migrate into blood vessels. Macrophages with cholesterol cannot get out of the vessels and stay there which causes a lipid mass in arteries. That causes atherosclerosis.
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