Researchers said they found evidence of atherosclerosis in about 30 percent of those who had the CT scan.

研究人员表示，在接受CT扫描的受试者中，约30％的人出现动粥样硬化的现象。

Platelets bunch up around those atherosclerotic sites in blood vessels, causing heart attacks.

血小板聚集在血管中的动粥样硬化部位周围，导致心脏病发作。

In that paper he showed that choline, a molecule found in eggs and meat, is digested by some gut bacteria to produce trimethylamine, which is then processed in the liver to create trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO—a substance that encourages atherosclerosis.

在那篇文章中，他说胆碱（一种存在于蛋和肉类中的分子）被某些菌消化生成三甲胺，然后三甲胺在肝脏中转化为氧化三甲胺（TMAO），这是一种有助于引发动粥样硬化的物质。