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What location did heart disease start?
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Epicardial Adiposity: Where there is epicardial adipose tissue (eat) there will be blockages forming in the coronary artery underneath it.
Answered 7/20/2012
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Heart diesase: It can start anywhere in the heart - usually in the arteries that supply blood to the heart - but it can occur in the muscle as well as the valves. Many different types of heart disease are present.
Answered 10/9/2013
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