Download or read book Aging and the Heart written by José Marín-García and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-07 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the genetic and molecular basis of cardiovascular aging is examined in detail and a comprehensive assessment given of the bioenergetics changes occurring in human and animal models of cardiac aging. Both current diagnostic and future therapeutic modalities are presented, giving this book a dual-pronged approach. Cardiac aging, like aging in general, is a complex process involving numerous cellular and molecular changes. This book sheds new light on the phenomenon.