"Silent" Atherosclerosis Appears in 20-Year-Olds - What a Large Study Reveals

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About 1 in 13 apparently healthy adults aged 18-29 already has atherosclerotic plaques in their arteries, according to a large international study - The findings show that the process leading to cardiovascular disease may begin decades before a heart attack or even a stroke occurs

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BRATISLAVA – Atherosclerosis can progress for decades without a single symptom. A new large-scale study has shown that signs of this disease appear in the blood vessels of young people. According to the results, more than a third of men have them after the age of thirty, and their incidence increases significantly with age.