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Macrovascular disease

Macrovascular disease is a disease of the large blood vessels that sometimes occurs when a person has had diabetes for a long time. Fat and blood clots[?] build up in the large blood vessels and stick to the vessel walls. Three kinds of macrovascular disease are coronary disease[?], cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease.

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