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  1. Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder leading to the progressive death of neurons in various brain regions. Although it is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS), mortality surveys i...

    Authors: Ziva Melik, Jan Kobal, Ksenija Cankar, Janja Pretnar, Marjan Zaletel, Lucijan Kobal and Natasa Teran
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001187
  2. Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index (AASI) and symmetric AASI (sAASI) have been proposed as indices of arterial stiffness obtained by 24hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). ABPM allows the analysi...

    Authors: Angela Tagetti, Sara Bonafini and Cristiano Fava
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001183
  3. Diabetic complications increase with disease duration but little is known about the relationships between aortic stiffness and diabetes duration.

    Authors: Elena Troitskaya, Ekaterina Starostina and Zhanna Kobalava
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001181
  4. To investigate the influence of weight excess and blood pressure (BP) on vascular structure and function in a sample of obese children.

    Authors: Sara Bonafini, Angela Tagetti, Francesco Dalle Vedove, Sara Raimondi, Alice Giontella, Paolo Cavarzere, Rossella Gaudino, Pietro Minuz, Claudio Maffeis, Franco Antoniazzi and Cristiano Fava
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001179
  5. Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (EH) are both associated with micro- and macro-vascular damage. Microalbuminuria is a recognized marker of sub-clinical target organ damage in both DM and EH. However, i...

    Authors: Barbara Nikolaidou, Eleni Gavriilaki, Eugene Gkaliagkousi, Ioanna Zografou, Areti Triantafyllou, Antonios Lazaridis and Stella Douma
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001177
  6. Stroke is a frequent and feared complication in patients with type 2 diabetes. Arterial stiffness may improve current suboptimal risk prediction of stroke. However, studies in diabetes populations are lacking....

    Authors: Kristian Løkke Funck, Esben Laugesen, Pernille Høyem, Brian Stausbøll-Grøn, Won Kim, Leif Østergaard, Dora Zeidler, Troels Krarup Hansen and Per Løgstrup Poulsen
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001175
  7. Total longitudinal displacement (tLoD) of the common carotid artery (CCA) wall is a novel ultrasound marker of vascular function that can be evaluated using modified speckle tracking techniques. Decreased CCA ...

    Authors: UrtÄ— GargalskaitÄ—, Pranas Å erpytis, Karolis Azukaitis, Rokas Navickas, Vilma Dzenkeviciute, Jolita Badariene, Zaneta Petrulioniene and Kristijonas ÄŒesas
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001173
  8. A replaced right hepatic artery (rRHA) arising from the superior mesenteric artery and an interlobar parenchymal bridge over the sagittal fissure of liver have been observed on a 64 year old formalin-fixed mal...

    Authors: Mehtap Yuksel, Turan Koc and Sezgin Ilgi
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001171
  9. There is evidence for sex and age influences on pulse wave velocity (PWV). Guidelines suggest a sex-independent cut-off for PWV. It is not obvious that an age- and blood-pressure-independent cut-off is suitabl...

    Authors: Christopher C. Mayer, Bernhard Hametner, Katy Whitelegg, Thomas Weber and Siegfried Wassertheurer
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001169
  10. Comprehensive information on 24-hour profiles of pulsatile as well as steady-state hemodynamics in humans is not available yet.

    Authors: Thomas Weber, Siegfried Wasserheurer, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Enrique Rodilla Sala, Piotr Jankowski, Maria Lorenza Muisan, Cristina Giannatasio, Ian Wilkinson, Joerg Kellermair, Bernhard Hametner, Jose Maria Pascual, Robert Zweiker, Danuta Czarnecka, Anna Paini, Massimo Salvetti, Allessandro Maloberti…
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001167
  11. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between MetS components and arterial stiffness in concert with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in patients with high risk of cardiovascular d...

    Authors: Svetlana Solovjova, Roma Puronaite, Aiste Jakstaite, Ligita Ryliskyte, Jelena Celutkiene and Aleksandras Laucevicius
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001163
  12. Valve calcification (VC) is common in patients on hemodialysis and increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim if the study was to evaluate the association between VC and 44-hour ambu...

    Authors: Maria Trukhanova, Nadezhda Manukhina, Dmitry Doroshenko, Svetlana Villevalde and Zhanna Kobalava
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001148
  13. To determine the association between PAD and DAC in patients treated by haemodialysis in the waiting list for renal transplantation and to assert the influence of that association on prognosis and clinical man...

    Authors: Luiz Bortolotto, Felizardo Nataniel, Luis Gowdak, Henrique Muela, Flavio Paula, Elias David-Neto and Jose Jayme De Lima
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001146
  14. Vascular calcification (VC) is linked to post-transplant cardiovascular events in the long term. We aimed to evaluate whether pretransplant chest X-ray based aortic arch calcification (AoAC) or pulse wave velo...

    Authors: Agne Laucyte-Cibulskiene, Evelina Boreikaite, Gediminas Aucina, Migle Gudynaite, Ilona Rudminiene, Sigita Anisko, Loreta Vareikiene, Liutauras Gumbys, Nerijus Teresius, Dileta Valanciene, Ligita Ryliskyte, Laurynas Rimsevicius, Marius Miglinas and Kestutis Strupas
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001144
  15. Mortality rate in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are still at a high level. Sarafidis et al. showed the predictive value of 48h PWV in patients undergoing hemodialysis [1], although recent studies using office...

    Authors: Julia Matschkal, Christopher C. Mayer, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Georg Lorenz, Susanne Angermann, Stephan Kemmner, Matthias Braunisch, Roman Günthner, Bernhard Haller, Marcus Baumann, Uwe Heemann and Christoph Schmaderer
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001142
  16. Hypertension or pre-hypertension in young adults is unusual and more often linked with an adverse family or pregnancy history, such as preterm birth, than hypertension which develops later in life1–4. Surprisingl...

    Authors: Afifah Mohamed, Odaro Huckstep, Wilby Williamson, Charlotte Herdman, Yvonne Kenworthy, Konstantina Spagou, Linda Arnold, Polly Whitworth, Ashley Verburg, Holger Burchert, Adam J. Lewandowski and Paul Leeson
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001140
  17. Androgens act directly on the vasculature through your connection to the androgen receptor in the vascular wall, and can promote changes in structural and functional vascular properties.

    Authors: Flavia Cunha, Luiz Bortolotto, Valeria Costa-Hong, Elaine Costa, Maria Sircilli, Tania Bachega, Berenice Mendonça and Sorahia Domenice
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001138
  18. Chronic activation of the proinflammatory transcription factor nuclear factor kappa-B (NFkB) is linked to age-associated vascular dysfunction. Acute inhibition of NFkB with high-dose salsalate (>4g), a non-ace...

    Authors: Gary Pierce, Lyndsey DuBose, Amy Stroud, Nicholas Jensen, Lauren Wegman-Points, Seth Holwerda, William Haynes, Kaitlyn Dubishar and Jess Fiedorowicz
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001136
  19. Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is common in the elderly and is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and leads to functional decline. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible relation between ...

    Authors: Jeannette Goudzwaard, Marjo de Ronde-Tillmans, Nahid El Faquir, Nicolas van Mieghem, Mattie Lenzen, Peter de Jaegere and Francesco Mattace Raso
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001134
  20. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with premature atherosclerosis and arterial stiffening by an accumulation of advanced glycation end-products in vessel wall (1). Green tea polyphenols are considered a ca...

    Authors: Fernando Grover Páez, Patricia Quezada Fernandez, Mariana Rodriguez de la Cerda, David Cardona Müller, Jhonatan Trujillo Quiroz, Walter Trujillo Rangel and Marycruz Barocio Pantoja
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001132
  21. Treatment with beta-blockers is characterised by inferior reduction of central versus peripheral blood pressure. We examined changes in central and peripheral blood pressure, cardiac function, and vascular res...

    Authors: Ilkka Pörsti, Lauri Suojanen, Antti Haring, Antti Tikkakoski, Arttu Eräranta, Heini Huhtala, Mika Kähönen, Kari Kivistö and Jukka Mustonen
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001130
  22. Reservoir pressure (RP) and excess pressure (XSP) independently predict cardiovascular events in adults, but have never been investigated as markers of cardiovascular risk among children. This study aimed to d...

    Authors: Xiaoqing Peng, Martin Schultz, Michael Cheung, Melissa Wake, Jonathan Mynard, David Burgner, Richard Liu and James Sharman
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001109
  23. Hypertension, the single biggest killer worldwide1, arises mainly as a result of an increase in central pulse pressure (PP)2, yet haemodynamic basis of that increase is still disputed. We examined the ability of ...

    Authors: Samuel Vennin, Ye Li, Marie Willemet, Henry Fok, Haotian Gu, Peter Charlton, Jordi Alastruey and Phil Chowienczyk
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001107
  24. Advanced atherosclerotic patients are faced with significant risks of stroke, which are very likely to cause death or irreversible physical disability. However, the growth of artery stenosis usually needs a ve...

    Authors: Yigang Du, Xujin He, Yingying Shen, Lei Zhu and Alfredo Goddi
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001105
  25. Carotid artery atherosclerosis is an established risk factor for cerebrovascular events. Core lipid-rich plaques are considered at a higher risk of embolization compared to fibrous or calcified lesions. Contra...

    Authors: Kristen Meiburger, Gianfranco Varetto, Pietro Rispoli and Filippo Molinari
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001102
  26. This case-control study is aimed at identifying radial vascular wall abnormalities in patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD).

    Authors: Rosa Maria Bruno, Nicole Di Lascio, Daniela Guarino, Saverio Vitali, Piercarlo Rossi, Davide Caramella, Stephane Laurent, Pierre Boutouryie, Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Ghiadoni and Francesco Faita
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001100
  27. Obesity is associated with increased risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Leptin-deficient mice (ob/ob) are widely employed to investigate obesity. This study is aimed at providing a micro-ultrasound (m...

    Authors: Nicole Di Lascio, Claudia Kusmic, Francesco Stea, Francesca Lenzarini, Cristina Barsanti, Arthur Leloup and Francesco Faita
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001098
  28. It is widely accepted that regular physical exercise reduces the BP, particularly in hypertensive individuals. It is recommended in the prevention of hypertension to assist in BP control. The BP lowering mecha...

    Authors: Johannes van Rooyen, Hugo Huisman, Leonè Malan, Catharina Mels, Ruan Kruger, Lebo Gafane-Matemane, Shani Botha and Alta Schutte
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001077
  29. A non-invasive approach for the estimation of mechanical efficiency through the calculation of the ratio between stroke work and HR-pressure product has been recently proposed by de Simone et al. This index, w...

    Authors: Fabio Bertacchini, Massimo Salvetti, Anna Paini, Giulia Rubagotti, Deborah Stassaldi, Carlo Aggiusti, Giulia Maruelli, Chiara Arnoldi, Giovanni Saccà, Enrico Agabiti Rosei and Maria Lorenza Muiesan
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001075
  30. Central blood pressure (BP) is a predictor of target organ damage. No previous study addressed the question to what extent central compared with peripheral is related to left ventricular (LV) structure and fun...

    Authors: Wenyi Yang, Ljupcho Efremov, Zhen-Yu Zhang, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Lutgarde Thijs, Fang-Fei Wei, Qi-Fang Huang, Blerim Mujaj, Aernout Luttun, Peter Verhamme, Tatiana Kuznetsova and Jan Staessen
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001073
  31. Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), a parameter of arterial stiffness, has been increasingly used for cardiovascular risk estimation. Currently used CAVI reference values are derived from the Japanese populati...

    Authors: Peter Wohlfahrt, Renata Cífková, Narine Movsisyan, Šárka Kunzová, Jiří Lešovský, Martin Homolka, Vladimír Soška, Petr Dobšák, Francisco Lopez- Jimenez and Ondřej Sochor
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001071
  32. Accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) is one of pathophysiological processes, responsible for progressive stiffening of vessel wall. In contrast, soluble isoform of receptor for AGEs (sRAGE) a...

    Authors: Julius Gelžinský, Otto Mayer, Markéta Hronová, Petra Karnosová, Jitka Seidlerová and Jan Filipovský
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001069
  33. Nitric oxide (NO) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) regulate arterial wall viscosity (AWV) in young subjects (1). During hypertension, characterised by a decrease in endothelium-derived NO and an early disappe...

    Authors: Frederic Roca, Jeremy Bellien, Michele Lacob and Robinson Joannides
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001067
  34. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels are modestly but significantly associated with increased risk of total cardiovascular events. Aortic stiffness and wave reflections are also importa...

    Authors: Losif Koutagiar, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, John Skoumas, Nikitas Skliros, Magkas Nikolaos, Antigoni Miliou and Dimitrios Tousoulis
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001065
  35. The effects of the selective angiotensin AT2 receptor agonist, compound 21 (C21), on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation were investigated in normotensive Wistar rats.

    Authors: Christoph Lange, Manuela Sommerfeld, Pawel Namsolleck, Ulrich Kintscher, Thomas Unger and Elena Kaschina
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001063
  36. Several studies have observed that altered endothelial function is involved in the development of stress-induced hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic social stress (cro...

    Authors: Angelika Puzserova, Ruzena Sotnikova, Jozef Torok, Anna Zemancikova and Iveta Bernatova
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001061
  37. Hypertensive humans exhibit reduced nitric oxide bioavailability and increased salt sensitivity, both of which are related to central artery stiffening. We studied the effect of 5 week NO restriction via L-NAM...

    Authors: George Lindesay, Neila Malti, Christophe Ragonnet, Marc Isabelle, Nicole Villeneuve, Yvonnick Bézie and Christine Vayssettes-Courchay
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001059
  38. Premenopausal women are relatively protected against hypertension compared to males. Estrogen levels have been identified as a potential underlying cause, but the pathophysiological mechanisms remain incomplet...

    Authors: Christian Delles, Sarah McNeilly, Sheon Mary and Adam Sheikh
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001045
  39. Clinical evidence shows that central (aortic) blood pressure (CBP) is a better marker of cardiovascular risk than brachial pressure [1]. However, CBP can only be accurately measured invasively, through catheteris...

    Authors: Jorge Mariscal Harana, Arna van Engelen, Torben Schneider, Mateusz Florkow, Peter Charlton, Bram Ruijsink, Hubrecht De Bliek, Israel Valverde, Marietta Carakida, Kuberan Pushparajah, Spencer Sherwin, Rene Botnar and Jordi Alastruey
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001041
  40. At present, reservoir pressure parameters are derived from arterial pressure waveforms regardless of the location of measurement. However, a comparison between sites has not been made, and site-related differe...

    Authors: Michael Ebner, Kim Parker, Tom Vercauteren, Sébastien Ourselin, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Alun Hughes and Bernhard Hametner
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001039
  41. Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a cardiac congenital disease associated with ascending aorta (AAo) dilation. The study of the impact of aortic biomechanics in this population has been limited by technical diffi...

    Authors: Andrea Guala, Jose Rodriguez-Palomares, Lydia Dux-Santoy, Gisela Teixido-Tura, Giuliana Maldonado, Nicolas Villalva, Filipa Valente, Laura Galian, Marina Huguet, Laura Gutierrez, Teresa Gonzalez, Ruben Fernandez, Augusto Sao-Aviles, David Garcia-Dorado and Artur Evangelista
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001037
  42. Aortic blood pressure has a superior prognostic value with respect to the brachial pressure [1]. Nonetheless, the low efficacy of the most used non-invasive methods (i.e., approaches based on the generalized tran...

    Authors: Andrea Guala, F. Tosello, D. Leone, L. Sabia, F. D’Ascenzo, T. Crea, C. Moretti, F. Gaita, F. Veglio, L. Ridolfi and A. Milan
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001035
  43. Aortic stiffness predicts cardiovascular mortality but is limited as a risk marker because it is dependent on blood pressure (BP). A potential solution is provided from the ratio of aortic-to-brachial artery s...

    Authors: Matthew K. Armstrong, Martin G. Schultz, Dean S. Picone and James E. Sharman
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001033
  44. Reservoir-excess pressure measured using tonometry methods predicts cardiovascular events, but the operator-dependency of tonometry is an impediment to widespread use. A cuff-based blood pressure device has be...

    Authors: Xiaoqing Peng, Martin Schultz, Michael Cheung, Melissa Wake, Jonathan Mynard, David Burgner, Richard Liu and James Sharman
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001031
  45. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) currently represents the gold standard of treatment for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury (BTAI). Nevertheless, there is an ongoing debate surrounding its safety and effi...

    Authors: Paola Vallerio, Ilenia D’Alessio, Alessandro Maloberti, Marisa Varrenti, Simone Maggioni, Valentina Cantu, Marco Carbonaro, Maria Cristina Ferrara, Elisa Spada, Bruno Palmieri, Alfredo Lista and Cristina Giannattasio
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001029
  46. Several works analyze arterial parameters’ (stiffness levels, wall thickness, etc.) association with variations of body mass index (BMI) in pediatric populations.

    Authors: Victoria Garcia, Santiago Curcio, Agustina Zinoveev, Gustavo Giachetto, Pedro Chiesa, Daniel Bia and Yanina Zócalo
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001027
  47. The urinary proteomic classifier CKD273 has been found to predict diabetic nephropathy development in advance of microalbuminuria. Whether it is also a determinant of mortality and cardiovascular disease in pa...

    Authors: Gemma Currie, Sheon Mary, Bernt Johan von Scholten, Morten Kofod Lindhardt, Harald Mischak, William Mullen, Peter Rossing and Christian Delles
    Citation: Artery Research 2019 20:2001023

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