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Vascular aging : facts and factors
Dantas, A. P. (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer)
Jiménez Altayó, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Neurociències)
Vila Calsina, Elisabet (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Neurociències)

Date: 2012
Abstract: "Man is as old as his arteries". This old aphorism has been widely confirmed by epidemiological and observational studies establishing that cardiovascular diseases can be age-related in terms of their onset and progression. Besides, with aging come a number of physiological and morphological changes that alters cardiovascular function and lead to subsequently increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even in health asymptomatic individuals. Even though different adaptive mechanisms to protect blood vessels against mild stress have been described, the aging process induces a progressive failure of protective mechanisms, leading to vascular changes. The outcomes of the aging-related modifications are the impairment of homeostasis of the irrigated organs and resultant target organ damage.
Grants: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación SAF2010-19282
Instituto de Salud Carlos III FIS/PI080176
Instituto de Salud Carlos III RedHERACLES/RD06/0009
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009-SGR-890
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in: Frontiers in physiology, Vol. 3 (August 2012) , art. 325, ISSN 1664-042X

DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00325
PMID: 22934073


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