Aging and arterial functions.
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.
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