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Arteriosclerosis & Atherosclerosis

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

What is atherosclerosis?   In layman’s terms it is hardening of the arteries; it is also called arteriosclerosis.  What does this mean?  It means that the blood vessels become less flexible and resilient… which can increase blood pressure because of the resistance created in the vascular system.  It makes the heart work harder to pump blood [...]

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