🔬 Medical science
The heart pumps blood through the body via its muscular myocardium, valves and coronary arteries. Leading conditions are coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (atherosclerosis driven by cholesterol, hypertension, smoking and diabetes), arrhythmias, and heart failure.
Diagnosis uses ECG, echocardiography, troponin and angiography; treatments include lifestyle change, statins, stents, bypass surgery and devices.
🧩 The GNM model
Claimed conflict: GNM links the coronary arteries to a "territorial loss" conflict (more often framed for men) and a "sexual frustration" conflict (for women); the myocardium and pericardium are tied to "overwhelm/collapse" and "attack against the heart" conflicts.
Germ layer & brain relay (GNM model): GNM classes the coronary intima as ectoderm controlled from the cerebral cortex, the myocardium as new mesoderm controlled from the cerebral medulla, and the pericardium as old mesoderm controlled from the cerebellum.
Two-phase course (claimed): GNM claims the coronary lining ulcerates during conflict activity and that angina or infarction occurs in the healing phase as the lining swells — a notably risky claim, since it reframes a heart attack as "healing."