arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease

arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
(ASCVD) atherosclerotic involvement of arteries to the heart and to additional organs, resulting in debility or death; the term is sometimes used more narrowly as a synonym of ischemic heart disease.

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