Growing older results in the various changes in the anatomy and physiology of human cardiovascular system. This affects in both healthy patients and patients with hypertension. The heart gets a less powerful pump, and needs to bring more to do the same job. (more…)
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First the blood vessels. The walls of the arteries stiffen with age. And the largest blood vessel in the body, the aorta, gets longer and dilates as you get older. These developments can occur just from aging and in the absence of significant atherosclerosis in the vessels. They are secondary to changes that are happening to collagen and elastin and to deposits of calcium. The actual tonus (or tension) of the arteries also increases with the progressive thickening of the layer of the arterial wall that is present under the inside lining. These changes may contribute to high blood pressure and damage to the arteries, which encourage atherosclerosis. (more…)
Growing older results in the various changes in the anatomy and physiology of human cardiovascular system. This affects in both hea ...
In older patients without apparent cardiovascular disease, the number of cardiac myocytes declines, while residual myocytes enlarge ...
Aging is recognized as one variable factor of increase the risk of high blood pressure. Generally, as people get older, the blo ...
With heart disease risk being the number one cause of death among older Americans, you should pay particular attention to known ...
There are new strategies to address the 3 critical factors for body health: blood sugar, insulin and inflammation. These formula guarantees that we will not get obese and be lean for life. Inflammation and obesity has relation that can be describing when we eat foods, it immediately causes high of blood sugar to drop, but then again it creates higher levels of the hormone insulin, which causes inflammation. (more…)
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With heart disease risk being the number one cause of death among older Americans, you should pay particular attention to known causes of heart disease. A healthy heart can continue to function as well at 70 as it did at 30. If your heart is not affected by disease, your resting heart rate remains the same throughout your life. The question, then, is what can you do to keep it healthy? Here are ten simple advices for maintaining a healthy heart. (more…)
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