Aging and the cardiovascular system

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-427

  Karavidas, Apostolos ^a   Lazaros, George ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Pyrgakis, Vlassios ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Myocardium; Vessels

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SILDENAFIL;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; APPARENT MINERALOCORTICOID EXCESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYTOGENETICS; DIASTOLE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART EXCITATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SYSTOLE;

AGING; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTERIES; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 78049332033     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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