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Resuming exercise program: does muscle growth trigger angiogenesis?
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It's complicated : Exercise can improve vascularity but it does not create the growth of new blood vessels. Angiogenesis is triggered by injury and cancer as well as during pregnancy.
Answered 7/5/2013
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