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Your blood vessels get damaged slowly over many years if your heart health isn't in the best shape, and we can only really see how this happens by tracking people over time — not just checking them when they have a heart problem.
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The study shows that almost everyone who had a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure had risk factors like high blood pressure or cholesterol years before, which supports the idea that damage builds up slowly and needs long-term tracking.
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