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For artery plaque that already exists, can healthy lifestyle changes actually eliminate that plaque or is it there to stay once it develops?
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May not be eliminate: Statins in isolated cases may have reversed plaque burden. Niacin may decrease the plaque. But mostly they are there to stay.
Answered 7/2/2015
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