Advances in Vascular Health and Metabolism
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 712
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cardiovascular research; adipogenesis; cardiometabolic diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The link between metabolism and cardiovascular physiology has been evident for a long time. Both metabolic and cardiovascular diseases have experienced continuous increases in incidence and prevalence in recent years. The increase in unhealthy dietary habits has led to an increase in overweight and obesity to the point where obesity is considered an epidemic by the WHO. The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1990 and 2022.
Obesity and overweight are associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events and diseases, and the increase of overweight and obesity rates during childhood makes negative outcomes in adulthood more likely.
The magnitude of these issues and their severe effects on the life expectancy and quality of life of those affected have led many researchers to focus their efforts on them in recent years. While getting billions of people to change their lifestyle habits in order to prevent these issues would be an impossible task, better understanding the mechanisms underlying the connection between metabolic disorders and vascular pathologies would improve the quality of treatment of the affected people and can have a potential effect in reducing the pathologies derived from or linked to overweight and obesity, including vascular issues.
This issue aims to inquire further about the mechanisms linking metabolic and vascular health and to include the most updated knowledge in cardiometabolic diseases.
Dr. Ana Blazquez-Medela
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiovascular
- cardiometabolic disease
- adipogenesis
- atherosclerosis
- obesity
- overweight
- peripheral artery disease
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