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What Is Atherosclerotic Heart Disease??

what is atherosclerotic heart disease?
Wed, 16 Dec 2009
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Atherosclerotic heart disease is when the arteries on the outside of heart supplying blood to heart muscle become hardened and inflexible and occluded with plaque reducing blood flow to heart muscle, eventually causing heart failure and death.
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What Is Atherosclerotic Heart Disease??

Atherosclerotic heart disease is when the arteries on the outside of heart supplying blood to heart muscle become hardened and inflexible and occluded with plaque reducing blood flow to heart muscle, eventually causing heart failure and death.