Medically Speaking with Dr. Eve Glazier
Aug 10, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 12 segments
We often think about the heart, lungs, brain and other organs individually, but they're all connected by a network of blood vessels that keeps your body functioning every day. In this episode, Dr. Eve…
Juan C. JimenezGuest
Eve GlazierHost
[laughs] Well, it's exciting too because, I mean, thank you for listening to the, um, our prior episodes with our cardiologist.
And but i- i- correct me if I'm wrong, I mean, it seems like, you know, we're talking about these vessels that I think m- people might say are peripheral, meaning they're not the heart.
Is that correct? You know, the ones in your legs would be peripheral, you know, blood vessels.
But vascular disease is cardiovascular disease, right? Or being healthy in a cardiovascular way means all of your blood vessels throughout your entire body.
The brain, the heart, the carotids in the neck, the aorta in the abdomen, in the chest, in the arms, in the legs, right? We have, we have arteries everywhere, and they range from being very big-
... and the ao- the aorta is the biggest blood vessel in the body, and that measures around two to three centimeters, you know, depending on where you measure it.
Sometimes if you have an aneurysm in the aorta, they can get, they dilate abnormally.
[laughs] Well, it's exciting too because, I mean, thank you for listening to the, um, our prior episodes with our cardiologist.
And but i- i- correct me if I'm wrong, I mean, it seems like, you know, we're talking about these vessels that I think m- people might say are peripheral, meaning they're not the heart.
Is that correct? You know, the ones in your legs would be peripheral, you know, blood vessels.
But vascular disease is cardiovascular disease, right? Or being healthy in a cardiovascular way means all of your blood vessels throughout your entire body.
The brain, the heart, the carotids in the neck, the aorta in the abdomen, in the chest, in the arms, in the legs, right? We have, we have arteries everywhere, and they range from being very big-
... and the ao- the aorta is the biggest blood vessel in the body, and that measures around two to three centimeters, you know, depending on where you measure it.
Sometimes if you have an aneurysm in the aorta, they can get, they dilate abnormally.
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