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Author Question: Another name for "hardening of the arteries" is ________. (Read 24 times)

TFauchery

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Another name for "hardening of the arteries" is ________.


◦ angina pectoris
◦ myocardial infarction
◦ atherosclerosis
◦ embolism
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Reply #1 on: Apr 1, 2019
atherosclerosis


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TFauchery

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