(BPT) - Millions of Americans will board planes and travel long distances this holiday season, many of them living with known heart disease, many others quietly carrying dangerous plaque they don't even know is there. And the risk most people are watching, cholesterol, is not actually the one most likely to trigger the life-changing event.
In most families, there is at least one person this applies to.
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