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https://www.texasheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/thi-hic-coronary-artery-plaque.jpg1500844Many people who have heart attacks do not have arteries severely narrowed by plaque. In fact, vulnerable plaque may be buried inside the artery wall and may not always bulge out and block the blood flow through the artery. Inflammation leads to the development of "soft" or vulnerable plaque.