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Hank, a 17-year-old high school student, suffered a heart attackduring a recreational swim. An autopsy revealed that he had hadatherosclerosis and that his death had been caused by coronaryartery disease. What might have been the cause of this disease thatusually strikes a person much older than Hank?

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Causes of coronary artery disease The number one cause of coronary artery disease or coronary heart disease is atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis The coronary arteries have smooth walls through    See Answer
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