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Article: Could your arteries be 40 years older than you?(News)
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- The Independent on Saturday (South Africa)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2006
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People with heart disease have arteries far older than their years, says a study.
Even in the early stages, the arteries are between five and 15 years older than the person's real age. But people with advanced heart disease have arteries up to 40 years older, according to the Cambridge University study.
The team used tissue from heart bypass and transplant patients to map artery cell ageing. They found the muscle cells of diseased blood vessels showed evidence of ...