New evidence now shows that even the healthiest individuals -- those who don't smoke, work out regularly, and who pass a heart stress test and even angiogram with flying colors -- can nevertheless be walking time bombs: prime candidates for sudden death from a heart attack.

It turns out that the conventional wisdom -- that heart attacks are primarily causes by big blockages in a coronary artery that can usually be detected with a stress test or an angiogram procedure -- is simply wrong.

Indeed, these hardened fatty blockages which slowly build up inside the arteries that feed blood to our heart causing warning symptoms like chest pain, and which are readily detected with stress tests and angiograms, cause only about 15% of all heart attack deaths.

The overwhelming majority of heart attack deaths are caused by another factor which usually provides no warning symptoms and cannot be detected using these conventional diagnostic tools.

That's why virtually all doctors have known individuals who experience a serious heart attack even after a conventional medical checkup including a heart stress test or even an angiogram.

Now, fortunately, there is a new test which can be used to detect these hidden dangers which make many very healthy individuals walking time bombs for sudden death from heart attacks. But the test is neither well known nor yet widely available -- you have to know where to go to have it done. Many doctors don't know about it yet.

There are also techniques for dealing with these hidden arterial land mines, and for reducing the risk of dying from them. Knowing what to do to reduce these risks, and how to detect them, could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year. That's why the world famous doctor and medical reporter who broke this new discovery calls it "the most important story I have ever done."

For these reasons, and as a public service, ASH presents excerpts from his report explaining the new findings and why they are so important. The excerpts also tell you where this life-saving test is being done, what other related techniques are now being developed, and some of the steps you and your loved ones can take to reduce your risk from the cause of 85% of heart attack deaths. ASH also provides links to help you find even more information.

Please note, however, that this information is available only to member-supporters of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).  To find out how you can become a member of ASH on-line, and to obtain access to this and other valuable information for members as well as several special gifts, please click here to learn the many benefits of joining ASH on-line.

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Please don't hesitate.  This information could save your life, or the live of a friend or loved one.  Act NOW!

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ASH's Hidden Heart Attack Risk Page