A TV reporter has been assigned to your ambulance for a ride-along. He is doing a segment on the local EMS services for EMS week. In your down time, he tells you that his wife was diagnosed with atherosclerosis. He is unsure what the condition is and asks you to explain it to him. Your response would be:

A) "It affects the arteries of the heart and is caused by a heart attack."
B) "The walls of the coronary arteries lose elasticity, which can lead to a heart attack."
C) "The coronary arteries become narrowed by fat deposits."
D) "It affects the veins in the body and is caused by untreated high blood pressure."


C

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