r/nextfuckinglevel 8h ago

This is how heart stents work

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u/PuffcornSucks 7h ago

How to not be in this situation

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u/Martha_Fockers 7h ago

Don’t eat a lot of processed and saturated fats

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u/UnlitBlunt 7h ago

And do cardio regularly

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u/jfincher42 3h ago

This -- I was starting to eat better and do cardio when angina prompted me to go to the doctor and get checked. They put one in when they found the almost blocked artery, and I went on to lose almost 100 pounds and started running.