Is It Good to Have a Stiff Aorta with Aging? Causes and Consequences

Aortic stiffness increases with advancing age, more than doubling during the human life span, and is a robust predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) clinical events independent of traditional risk factors. The aorta increases in diameter and length to accommodate growing body size and cardiac out...

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Published in:	Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) Vol. 37; no. 3; p. 154
Main Authors:	Pierce, Gary L, Coutinho, Thais A, DuBose, Lyndsey E, Donato, Anthony J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.2022
Subjects:	Adolescent Aged Aging - metabolism Aorta - metabolism Blood Pressure - physiology Cardiovascular Diseases - metabolism Collagen - metabolism Elastin - metabolism Humans Middle Aged Vascular Stiffness arterial stiffness blood pressure cardiovascular disease aging pulse wave velocity hypertension
ISSN:	1548-9221, 1548-9221
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