THE IMPACT OF AGE-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN MICROCIRCULATIONON CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FORMATION AND MYOCARDIAL FUNCTIONAL STATUS

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Editorial Note

This article was originally published in the journal “Zarubezhnaya Meditsina i My” in August 2023.
The Editorial Board of the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research decided to republish this work due to its interdisciplinary significance for research in the fields of cardiology, microcirculation, vascular biology, and clinical gerontology.
The text is reproduced with the author’s permission and without substantive changes compared to the original publication.

Abstract

The microcirculatory network plays a key role in ensuring adequate tissue perfusion and maintaining metabolic homeostasis of the cardiovascular system. Age-associated changes in microcirculation are considered one of the early and underestimated factors in the formation of cardiovascular risk, preceding the development of clinically overt forms of cardiovascular disease. This paper analyzes contemporary concepts of the structure and function of the microcirculatory network, examines mechanisms of age-related microcirculatory impairment
and their impact on myocardial functional status, and discusses diagnostic and preventive approaches aimed at correcting microcirculatory disorders in older adults.

Keywords:

microcirculation, cardiovascular aging, capillary network, myocardial perfusion, endothelial dysfunction, cardiogerontology.

Author: Ekaterina R. Alimova
ORCID: 0009-0005-6128-6641

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Volume 4, Issue 3 (2022)

Peer Reviewer (Acknowledged): Boris Karsakov
ORCID: 0009-0006-4851-6366

DOI: pending

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