title: Aging and arterial functions.
abstract: Normally it is difficult and quite frequently impossible to separate physiological aging from its pathophysiological variant. Biochemical, physical and morphological alterations in the arterial wall show a dependence on age. This was the reason for investigating the extent to which the peripheral arterial hemodynamics are changed by age. The parameters, measured by electronic oscillogram, ultrasonic-Doppler-technique and radioangiography, show age dependent alterations. However it must be considered, that peripheral arterial hemodynamics are also influenced by age dependent alterations in cardiac functions.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse