Cardiovascular Changes Associated with Hypertensive Heart Disease and Aging

• Published in: Cell transplantation Vol. 29; p. 96368972092083
• Main Authors: Saheera, Sherin, Krishnamurthy, Prasanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2020; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Aging; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular system; Congestive heart failure; Coronary artery disease; Heart; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Molecular modelling; Morbidity; Risk factors; Structure-function relationships; Ventricle; heart failure; aging; cardiac hypertrophy; hypertension

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide and account for more than 17.9 million deaths (World Health Organization report). Hypertension and aging are two major risk factors for the development of cardiac structural and functional abnormalities. Hypertension,...