Talk:Atherosclerosis
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Arteriosclerosis / Atherosclerosis
As described here here (http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00525), and here (http://www.ghchealth.com/health-products/articles.php/tPath/8), Arteriosclerosis / Atherosclerosis are not the same. Arteriosclerosis is the more general term describing many diseases involving the cardiovascular system and its associated arteries and vessels which go along with it. Atherosclerosis is a term used to describe diseases that affect the vessel walls, in other words, "hardening of the arteries". Therefore Arteriosclerosis should not be redirected to Atherosclerosis, but a better idea would be to create an individual article for Arteriosclerosis. Would it be best to create two seperate articles for this purpose? --Bryan986 05:40, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)