It's a systemic condition. In other words, atherosclerosis is present not only in the coronary arteries, but also in the brain, lungs, kidneys, and legs. It is in these smaller blood vessels, the capillaries, that the oxygen exchange to the tissues takes place. There exists today a treatment that removes plaque and restores blood flow throughout the entire arterial system, treating the micro as well as the macro vessels. It's called EDTA chelation, available via intravenous and oral supplementation.
Traditional medicine approaches heart disease primarily in one of two ways.
The first is to ream out clogged arteries or flatten deposits in the vessels with angioplasty. This procedure does have some risk for heart attack or making the blockage even worse. 2 Many of the blockages return to their original severity within a year. The second way is to cut away the clogged section or sections of the artery and replace it with a new section or sections of arteries grafted from other places in the body. Not according to the New England Journal of Medicine.