Understanding Pathophysiology, 6e
Understanding Pathophysiology, 6e
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323354097
Author: Sue E. Huether RN PhD, Kathryn L. McCance RN PhD
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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To explain: The four ways that aging impacts the cardiovascular systems.

Concept introduction: Aging-associated cardiovascular changes represent a union of a decline in the cardio-protective systems and increased chances for developing diseases that could lead to heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. Aging or getting older could make the structural and functional cardiovascular changes, declined cardio-protection and repair process, increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases, and the development of systemic and other organ system diseases.

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