Michael Francis Oliver
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LOCATION: London SW3 6LY, United Kingdom
Professor, National Heart and Lung Institute, London. Duke of Edinburgh Professor of Cardiology, University of Edinburgh, 1979–89. Editor of Coronary Heart Disease in Young Women and others.
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Cardiovascular disease, any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels. Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of health problems and death. (Read Britannica’s…
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