On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 21:10:52 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/7/2019 5:05 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 16:50:38 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019-03-07 2:55 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 3/7/2019 1:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>> My cholesterol level was fine 8 years ago, but it turned out that I
>>>>> had an almost complete blockage in my left main coronary artery.
>>>>> Just saying...
>>>>
>>>> Yes, we all know about your heart problems.* If I'm going to have a
>>>> heart attack it probably won't be because I eat the occasional steak.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is not about my heart problem. It's about the fact that my
>>> cholesterol level was fine. It was well within the accepted level. My
>>> brother's level was also fine when he had a heart attack. We both
>>> thought that he had nothing to worry about because our cholesterol
>>> levels were fine.
>>
>> I thought two factors were important here. Cholesterol and blood
>> pressure. Either can cause serious problems.
>>
>Much more to it than those two items. My wife has good cholesterol and
>blood pressure but has had plenty of other heart problems for the past
>18 years and many procedures.

But that leaves congenital problems, rather than lifestyle factors,
doesn't it?