"People who have elevated cholesterol , particularly LDL [bad] cholesterol, have an increased risk of coronary artery disease, and heart disease in general," says cardiologist Jennifer Haythe from New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Researchers recruited more than 12,000 people who had been diagnosed with or who were thought to have coronary artery disease, aka damage or disease in the arteries that carry blood to the heart.
You are also at high risk for kidney damage, and peripheral artery disease.
A $100 million loan to Pakistan is for 40 miles of highway in Punjab Province that would complete the last section of a national artery, the M-4, the bank said.
Bacteria then enter the blood stream via the gums, and it is thought that this causes artery walls to become inflamed, which can trigger heart attacks or strokes.
But most exercise-induced heart attacks occur because a plaque abruptly ruptures, causes a blood clot and blocks the artery at that moment.
Prolonged exposure to negative emotions can eventually lead to coronary artery disease.
The extra deaths mostly involved heart or artery disease - which could in turn be linked to raised blood pressure, sleep problems and stress brought on by noise, the scientists claim.
While everyones' arteries harden gradually with age, a team of researchers led by epidemiologist Sara Adar of the University of Michigan School of Public Health discovered that higher concentrations of fine particulate air pollution were linked to a faster thickening of the inner two layers of the carotid artery.
