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What Is Arteriosclerosis?

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Posted on Sat, 17 May 2014
Question: What is arteriosclerosis
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Answered by Dr. Guru (12 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
hardened or stiffened arteries

Detailed Answer:
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Arteries are blood vessels which carry pure blood to the tissues. These when get hardened or stiffened due to various problems like smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol is called arteriosclerosis.

It may lead to some heart diseases like heart attack or diseases like peripheral vascular disease etc.

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What Is Arteriosclerosis?

Brief Answer: hardened or stiffened arteries Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for consulting HealthcareMagic! Arteries are blood vessels which carry pure blood to the tissues. These when get hardened or stiffened due to various problems like smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol is called arteriosclerosis. It may lead to some heart diseases like heart attack or diseases like peripheral vascular disease etc. Hope I have answered your query. If you like my answers and wish me to answer in future, bring it to my attention: Dr Vasanth. Url link is as follows: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-vasanth/66057 Wish you good health!