Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development

Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development

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Too Many Wonderful People are Still Dying of Heart Attacks

Too Many Wonderful People are Still Dying of Heart Attacks

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William H Bestermann Jr MD
May 27, 2024
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Slow Aging and Delay Chronic Disease Development
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Too Many Wonderful People are Still Dying of Heart Attacks
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You can see in the top three images how cholesterol plaque initially pushes the artery wall out. On the left you can see how plaque rupture causes a clot that blocks the artery to cause a heart attack. Optimal medical therapy stabilizes plaque so that it does not rupture and may cause soft plaque to recede as you can see on the right.

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