Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2012 Apr 13;110(8):1097–1108. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.246876

Figure 1. Age-dependent changes to cardiovascular tissues.

Figure 1

Both the heart and vasculature undergo numerous alterations during aging as a result of deregulation of molecular longevity pathways, leading to compromised function. Illustration credit: Cosmocyte/Ben Smith.