Arterial Aging and Subclinical Arterial Disease are Fundamentally Intertwined at Macroscopic and Molecular Levels

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-604

  Lakatta, Edward G ^a   Wang, Mingyi ^a   Najjar, Samer S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Arterial aging; Arteriosclerosis; Hypertension; Intimal medial thickening

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CALPAIN 1; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AGING; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOINT STIFFNESS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SODIUM INTAKE; STROKE; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449164914     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.02.008     Document Type: Review

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