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Indeed, growing older can impact the very process by which healthy new blood vessels are made, resulting in aberrant angiogenesis—an abnormal and disordered formation of new vasculature.

A hematologist will also look at the blood sample under a microscope in a test called a blood smear. This can identify any abnormal cell shapes and sizes, which can also indicate MDS. In addition, ...