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Why our heart is older than our documented age?
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Not really older: but doctors often say a "heart may be older than chronological age" when it looks weaker than normal or its arteries have more blockages than expected for the age of the patients. It usually happens in patients who smoke or have diabetes.
Answered 8/25/2014
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