The Future of Aging

Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular disease is the general term that includes all diseases of the heart and surrounding blood vessels and arteries. Some of the most common heart diseases and conditions are coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and rheumatic heart disease.

Beeson Scholars researching Cardiovascular diseases

Augmented Age-Associated Innate Immune Responses Contribute To Negative Inotropic And Lusitropic Effects Of Lipopolysaccharide And gInterferon.
Joshua M. Hare, Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami (2000 Scholar)

Restoration Of Senescent Cardiac Angiogenic Activity
Jay M. Edelberg, Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co. (2001 Scholar)

Increasing Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment Following Bypass Surgery
Eric D. Peterson, Duke University Medical Center (1998 Scholar)

The Impact of Comorbidity on Older Cancer Patients
Cary P. Gross, Yale University School of Medicine (2004 Scholar)

Mitochondria Control by PCG-1a in Young and Aging Heart
John J. Lehman, Washington University School of Medicine (2004 Scholar)

Growth Hormone, Angiotensin II, and Cardiac Aging
Leanne Groban, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (2005 Scholar)

Centenarian Offspring and Vascular Disease Resistance
Dellara F. Terry, Boston University School of Medicine (2005 Scholar)

Comorbidity and Functional Outcomes in Older Patients with Heart Failure
Sarwat Chaudhry, Yale University School of Medicine (2008 Scholar)

Hypoxia-inducible Transcription Factor 1 (HIF-1) in Vascular Aging
Farzaneh A. Sorond, Harvard Medical School (2008 Scholar)

Acute Phase Serum Amyloid-A (A-SAA) in Ageing, Arthritis and Obesity - Potential Common Mechanism for Cardiovascular Disease
Ronan R. Mullan, University College Dublin (2009 Scholar)