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 particle sneaks beneath the endothelium…
To the slow, simmering inflammation that follows…
To the day a plaque finally stops being silent.

In this episode of LipidCurious, we’ll uncover

1. Anatomy & The Birth of an Atherosclerotic Plaque
2. Why Some Arteries Are More Prone to Atherosclerosis
3. Seeing, Treating, and Reversing Atherosclerosis

You’ll walk away seeing cholesterol numbers in a completely different light — not as abstract labs, but as a daily pressure on the artery wall.

By the end, you’ll understand why atherosclerosis is the slow burn beneath the surface — invisible for years, yet capable of erupting into the events we fear most.

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