The Role of MicroRNAs in Arterial Stiffness and Arterial Calcification. An Update and Review of the Literature

Arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor for fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events, such as systolic hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke, and heart failure. Moreover it reflects arterial aging which in many cases does not coincide with chronological aging, a fact that is in lar...

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Main Authors: Sideris Nanoudis, Maria Pikilidou, Maria Yavropoulou, Pantelis Zebekakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2017.00209/full