Your Arteries-An Owner's Manual: Find out if your arteries are getting clogged, so you can take action to prevent a heart attack, a stroke or dementia [Book]
How to Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke? Start with an Artery Screening Test.The disease known as heart disease is better understood as a disease of the arteries. A blockage in an artery serving the heart can cause a heart attack, while a blockage in an artery serving the brain can cause a stroke.Fortunately, a heart attack or stroke can be prevented. That's because artery clogging that leads to a heart attack or stroke develops slowly over time. Anyone who detects artery clogging at an early stage can slow or stop its progression, by lowering the level of "bad" LDL cholesterol in the blood.Healthy lifestyle choices can help to lower LDL, while statin therapy may be needed to achieve the healthiest LDL level. Statin therapy can stop the progression of artery clogging and also stabilize exi
