
Healthy arteries expand and contract smoothly with each heartbeat.
With age, soft tissues such as arteries stiffen and lose youthful flexibility.
The phrase “hardening of the arteries” describes loss of arterial elasticity and obstructed blood flow. This “hardening” is an important predictor of heart attack and stroke.1-3
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