Season 1 Episode 9: Atherosclerosis

About this episode

This episode explores the early stages of atherosclerosis and its implications for heart health.

Most heart attacks don’t start with a clogged artery! They start with a microscopic storm — a small, invisible wound inside the artery wall. That storm begins decades before symptoms, sometimes before high school. By the time someone hits their forties or fifties, the real question isn’t whether atherosclerosis has begun…It’s how far it’s already gone. Let’s zoom in — literally inside the artery wall — and trace this disease from its very first spark. From the moment an ApoB-containing partic...

People in this episode

Host: Vishnu Priya Pulipati, MD, FACE, DipABCL

Topics covered

• atherosclerosis
• heart attacks
• artery health
• disease progression
• microscopic wounds
• ApoB-containing particles

Keywords

• atherosclerosis
• heart attack
• artery wall
• disease progression
• ApoB
• invisible wounds
• health education

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Books & works: Atherosclerosis

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