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A model for the mechanisms of age-dependent endothelial dysfunction. Physiological levels of stress on the endothelium are generated by heartbeats and metabolic oxidative stress. Upon addition of a risk factor such as hypertension, damage increases, augmenting endothelial cell turnover and thus senescence.25 Exponential accumulation of senescent endothelial cells is pro-atherogenic.
