Arterial stiffness may case premature cardiac damage in youth. (IMAGE)

University of Eastern Finland

Arterial stiffness may case premature cardiac damage in youth.

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Arterial stiffness may cause premature cardiac damage in youth, but decreasing blood pressure and insulin resistance may reduce this effect by fifty percent.

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Andrew Agbaje.

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