 | | | Angioplasty, a common procedure used to treat blocked arteries, has not been shown to save the lives of patients with chronic heart disease. It targets large, stable plaques that cause narrowing in the arteries, rather than the unstable, volatile plaques that are more likely to trigger heart attacks. In fact, inflating the balloon during the procedure can sometimes rupture a plaque, leading to heart attacks in 3 to 5% of cases. A safer and more effective approach to treating artery disease is adopting a plant-based diet, which has been shown to stop the progression of the disease and, in many cases, reverse it. |
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