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Vascular Diseases of Ageing

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Cardiogeriatrics; Cardiovascular diseases of ageing; Cardiovascular diseases of old age; Gerocardiology; Vascular diseases of old age

Definition

Vascular (cardiovascular) diseases (CVDs) relate to dysfunction and diseases of heart and blood vessels (both large and small), which can manifest either as a local (e.g., heart valve disease) or systemic (e.g., atherosclerosis (See “Atherosclerosis”)) disorder. Vascular ageing See “Aging Pathology”) phenomena underlie many of these disorders.

Overview

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs)(See “Cardiovascular System” and “Circulatory System”) are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in older people. In pathophysiology, vascular ageing mechanisms and various CVD risk factors interact, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD, (See “Atherosclerosis”)) being a common phenotype. Overall, CVD can be divided in two large entities, vessel and heart dysfunction, which are reflected clinically mainly as...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

    Timo E. Strandberg

  2. Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Timo E. Strandberg

  3. Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland

    Tuomo Nieminen

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  1. Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

  2. Department of Population Health Sciences, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Matthew E. Dupre

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  1. Ageing Clinical Research, University Hospital of Cologne, Köln, Germany

    M. Cristina Polidori

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Strandberg, T.E., Nieminen, T. (2021). Vascular Diseases of Ageing. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_547

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