Life expectancy around the world has increased steadily for nearly 200 years. This Focus Issue of Nature Reviews Cardiology features five insightful Review articles that describe numerous facets of the latest research on cardiovascular ageing.
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Lakatta, E.G. The reality of getting old. Nat Rev Cardiol 15, 499–500 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-018-0068-y
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