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Aging has been associated with decreased function and exercise performance [ 1 2 ] . Decreased exercise performance has been related to decreased oxidative capacity [ 3 4 ] and decreased muscle mass [ 4 ] . Vascular alterations in structure and function due to aging could also contribute to decreased exercise performance through impaired blood flow [ 5 ] . Decreased capillary density [ 6 ] and a thickening of vascular walls [ 7 ] are present with aging.
Because all patients were enrolled in the study during the first 5 days of acute respiratory failure, it is unlikely that wall thickening was an important limiting factor of NO efficiency.
External compression of the pulmonary vessels by PEEP, thickening of pulmonary arterial walls observed in the late stage of ARDS, and thrombosis [ 40] contribute to further increase pulmonary artery pressure which becomes less and less sensitive to inhaled NO.
On Route 128, for no practical reason, there is a thickening of traffic--another spring phenomenon, garaged cars released.
Central pathophysiological features of the disease occur in the synovium, with thickening of the lining layer (or intima) and infiltration of the sublining layer, mainly by macrophages and lymphocytes [ 1 ] . In addition, the fluid-filled joint cavity contains numerous neutrophils, particularly during acute flares of RA [ 2 ] .