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That is completely false. We know exactly the pathology of a heart attack. Have you ever looked at an autopsy of the coronary arteries of someone who died of a massive heart attack. The pathogenesis lies in the accumulation of cholesterol in the wall of the arteries.
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aidan 2y ago

And what causes the accumulation of cholesterol?

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nobody 2y ago

At least two factors. Circulating cholesterol being one of them. Secondly, some level of inflammation that allows the cholesterol to get into the arterial wall. If you eliminate cholesterol, even in the presence of inflammation you theoretically would not develop atherosclerosis.

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aidan 2y ago

You’d also be dead. It’s like saying if we take cars off the road nobody will die of a road accident.

Look at the prior two charts I posted, which directly show that lowered fibrinogen results in fewer heart attacks *irrespective* of cholesterol levels.