 [ Symptoms ] feel bloated tired and my uterus hurts when i walk and i have not had my period for two months could i be pregnant  earlier this month i got a pelvic and ultrasound but they found nothing then they told me that they would schedule a appointment six weeks out it is been over two weeks since and still no period how could i have normal periods then just no periods for two months and too i took depo shots for two years then stopped but i found out over three months ago taking multivitamins could help me conceive so i tired taking multivitamins then right after my period in december 2015 no more periods [ Disease ] in coronary artery disease coronary atherosclerosis injury to the intima of the artery leads to the formation of plaques which are regions of thickening on the inner lining of the artery how then do the plaques form in response to the injury the smooth muscle cells from the media and perhaps from the adventitia move migrate into the intima in the intima these smcs reproduce themselves divide and make synthesize connective tissue these processes of migration division and synthesis which collectively are referred to as intimal proliferation build up cause thickening of the intima when cholesterol other fats and inflammatory cells such as white blood cells enter the proliferating thickened intima the result is an atherosclerotic plaque then as these plaques grow they accumulate scar fibrous tissue and abundant calcium calcium is the hard material in our teeth and bones  hence the plaques are often hard which is why atherosclerosis is sometimes referred to as hardening of the arteries 