"While many people might know their cholesterol number, most don't know how sticky their blood is, and Dr. Paul Gurbel, cardiologist and director of the Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research said it's even more important in assessing your risk for a heart attack. According to Gurbel, sticky blood is platelet aggregation. 'The platelets stick to one another - to the vessel wall - and form a plug that obstructs the blood flow to the artery in the heart,' he said- WBALtv
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