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Your Heart Can Actually Build Its Own Bypass After a Heart Attack


When heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) strike, it's because a coronary artery supplying the heart muscle gets blocked, cutting off the oxygen and nutrients the heart needs to keep going.

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