title: Effect of aging on the vascular system plus monitoring and support.
abstract: Cardiovascular diseases have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality and are likely to only increase as the geriatric population continues to grow. Much is already known about the basic risk factors associated with vascular aging, but there is a new direction of investigation into the health and viability of the endothelium at a biochemical level. As we continue to shift much of our health care focus into prevention tactics and techniques, slowing or reversing the aging process of the vascular system could have a profound impact on our aging population.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South 1st Avenue, EMS Building 110, Room 3210, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. Electronic address: villella1224@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villella
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, EMS Building 110, Room 3215, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Jae S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Aging; Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial progenitor cells; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress