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Can vains cause atherosclerosis

Updated: 10/26/2022
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Veins are vessels in the circulatory system that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart to pick up more oxygen. Atherosclerosis is the "harding" of an artery caused by a build up of plaque. The artery becomes narrower. It is plaque that causes atherosclerosis in an artery.

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