Oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease: novel tools give (free) radical insight.

Abstract excerpt

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of mortality in the Western world and accounts for up to a third of all deaths worldwide. Cardiovascular disease is multifactorial and involves complex interplay between lifestyle (diet, smoking, exercise, ethanol consumption) and fixed (genotype, age, menopausal status, gender) causative factors. The initiating step in cardiovascular disease is endothelial damage,...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Oxidative Stress
• Share to Atherosclerosis
• Share to Cardiovascular Diseases