{"id":126777,"date":"2025-09-02T08:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/126777\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:29:09","slug":"how-to-reverse-plaque-to-prevent-a-heart-attack-according-to-a-us-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/126777\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reverse plaque to prevent a heart attack, according to a US doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atherosclerosis, a process where a gradual buildup of plaque happens in the walls of the arteries, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK507799\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">red flag<\/a>. This sticky plaque, made of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances, builds up in the artery, and the wall grows thicker and harder. As a result, the coronary arteries narrow, reducing blood flow to your heart muscle, which can then lead to a <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5793461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heart attack<\/a>. Plaque buildup in the arteries was thought to be somewhat permanent, and the treatment options are limited to medications, stents, or surgery. However, Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos, M.D., a board-certified emergency medicine doctor from New York, with a focus on longevity, says plaque buildup isn\u2019t permanent. He also suggests some effective measures beyond stents and surgery that will help to reduce plaque buildup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atherosclerosis, a process where a gradual buildup of plaque happens in the walls of the arteries, is a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[34051,97,8982,15520,1492,80889,5418],"class_list":{"0":"post-126777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-atherosclerosis","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-heart","11":"tag-heart-attack","12":"tag-heart-disease","13":"tag-plaque","14":"tag-stroke"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}