If you've had a heart stent placed and still have some clogged arteries left, doing short bursts of intense exercise might help stop those clogs from getting worse.
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If you've had a heart stent placed and still have some clogged arteries left, doing short bursts of intense exercise might help stop those clogs from getting worse.
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High-intensity interval training may reduce the progression of atherosclerotic plaques in residual coronary lesions among patients with stable coronary artery disease who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Study: High intensity interval training induces beneficial effects on coronary atheromatous plaques - a randomized trial.
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