artery
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Unlike high cholesterol, which presents an increased risk of heart disease, calcium in the arteries of the heart is the actual presence of disease.
When certain lipids build up, they can form plaque inside artery walls.
From Science Daily
Colder months are linked to significantly higher death rates from heart attacks, strokes, and coronary artery disease compared to milder periods.
From Science Daily
“There is no clean analog for a disruption of this size moving through such a strategically vital artery, with multiple state actors, military uncertainty and global energy infrastructure all tied into the same risk knot.”
From MarketWatch
These signals come from the carotid bodies, small clusters of cells in the neck near the carotid artery that monitor oxygen levels in the blood.
From Science Daily
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