Progression: Early atherosclerosis may be asymptomatic. As it progresses and blocks coronaries, the heart gets unhappy with stress, exercize, work, etc and poor flow, decreased oxygen delivery to the heart cells and that is called ischemia and is angina or heart attack.
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