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Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2604001
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Effects of Weight Loss on Vascular Function in Obese Individuals with Poor Cardiovascular Health: Design and Research Protocol of an Interventional Clinical Trial
Excessive adipose tissue is associated with adverse metabolic effects and is an important risk factor for chronic diseases. According to the American Heart Association, most cardiovascular events can be preven...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603006 -
Protocol of the SPARTE Study: A Strategy for Preventing Cardiovascular and Renal Events based on ARTErial Stiffness
Whether arterial stiffness is a surrogate end-point for cardiovascular and renal disease has never been directly demonstrated by a controlled clinical trial. Our main hypothesis is a better prevention of outco...
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Accurate Measurement of Blood Pressure
Accurate Blood Pressure (BP) measurement is vital for appropriate diagnosis and management of cardiovascular risk. However, questions remain on the accuracy of cuff BP compared with invasive (intra-arterial) B...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603002 -
Measurement of Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio through a Diagnostic Catheter: Comparison of the Results between 4Fr and 5Fr
Clinical evidence of coronary pressure assessment through a diagnostic catheter is limited. The aim of this study was to assess the difference, safety, and rate of successful measurement of Instantaneous Wave-...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603004 -
Supine Hypertension and Extreme Reverse Dipping Phenomenon Decades after Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report
Supine hypertension, a consequence of autonomic neuropathy, is a rarely recognized pathological condition. Reported diseases in the background are pure autonomic failure, multiple system atrophy, Parkinson’s d...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603010 -
A Computational Study of the Effect of Stent Design on Local Hemodynamic Factors at the Carotid Artery Bifurcation
Previous clinical studies have shown that the incidence of restenosis after carotid and coronary stenting varies with stent design and deployment configuration. This study aims to determine how stent design ma...
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Mild Acute Inflammation does not Impair Maintenance of Blood Pressure during a Hypotensive Stimulus
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603009 -
Role of Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle in Atherosclerosis and in Central Hemodynamics
Carotid Arterial Disease (CAD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are atherosclerotic diseases. Adipose tissue (AT) and skeletal muscle (SM) are endocrine organs producing polypeptides with vascular effects...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602003 -
Myocardial Bridge Anatomical Characteristics Relationship with ECG Changes and Markers
The clinical significance of coronary Myocardial Bridge (MB) anatomical characteristics is controversial in the literature. It is not clear whether MB has a benign or malignant clinical outcome.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602004 -
Association between Rutherford Classification and CHA2DS2-VASc, CHADS2 and ASCVD Scores in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients
The classification system is important in assessing the severity of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) and making the treatment decision. However, classification systems may not be sufficient and scoring systems ...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602008 -
The European COST Action VascAgeNet Fostering Innovation — When Industry Comes to Science
VascAgeNet is a new European network which will join forces in order to refine, harmonize and promote the vascular ageing concept. It aims to bring innovations in cardiovascular research from bench to bedside ...
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Rationale and Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Probiotics during Energy Restriction on Blood Pressure, Body Composition, Metabolic Profile and Vascular Function in Obese Hypertensive Individuals
Hypertension ofen clusters with other cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, dyslipidemia and glucose intolerance. Weight loss can decrease Blood Pressure (BP) and improve cardiometabolic abnormalities. ...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602007 -
The Curious Case of a Missing Coeliac Trunk: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
The anatomy of the coelic trunk is highly variable. An understanding of the variations is important in general and vascular surgery due to the implications of disruption and consequent visceral ischaemia.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602010 -
Reflections Revisited, Reinterpretation Required
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602009 -
Study Protocol — Insight 46 Cardiovascular: A Sub-study of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development
The commonest causes of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular cognitive impairment. Although these conditions have been viewed as distinct entities, there is increasing evidence that neurodegenerative ...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603008 -
Monoclonal Antibodies in Oncology and their Effect on Arterial Stiffness — A Systematic Review
Malignancies are the second leading cause of death worldwide. Treatment Monoclonal Antibody (MAbs)-based treatment of cancer has been established as one of the most successful therapeutic strategies in the las...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603003 -
Addressing the Unmet Needs of Measuring Vascular Ageing in Clinical Practice—European COoperation in Science and Technology Action VascAgeNet
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, regardless of gender, ethnicity or income. Evidence that vascular age, as opposed to chronological age, is better related...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602002 -
Does the Nitric Oxide Synthase T786C Gene Polymorphism Influence Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome?
Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) is responsible for Nitric Oxide (NO) bioavailability at endothelial level. Aging (even in healthy people) is involved in arterial stiffness increases.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602006 -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Aortic Function Evaluation in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Thoracic aortic aneurysm is a common cardiovascular disease consisting of marked dilation of the aorta. Aortic aneurysms carry a high risk of life-threatening complications such as aortic dissection or rupture...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602001 -
Reproducibility in Echotracking Assessment of Local Carotid Stiffness, Diameter and Thickness in a Population-based Study (The STANISLAS Cohort Study)
Carotid Intima Media Thickness (IMT) and stiffness are associated with cardiovascular events. The study aims were to perform a head-to-head comparison of the Wall Track System (WTS) and ART.LAB for carotid IMT...
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Aortic Stiffness in HIV Infection with and without Antiretroviral Therapy. A Meta-analysis of Observational Studies
The risk of Cardiovascular (CV) events is higher in HIV-infected patients (HIV+) compared to HIV-uninfected persons (HIV−). Large artery stiffness, a well-documented predictor of adverse CV prognosis, may medi...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601003 -
Relationship between Obesity Phenotypes and Cardiovascular Risk in a Chinese Cohort
The changing living patterns in China are accompanied by an increase in prevalence of cardiovascular disease for which obesity is a significant factor. This study investigated the association between obesity p...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601006 -
Effects of a Personalized Physical Exercise Program in the Ventricular-arterial Coupling of Older Adults. A Pilot Study
This study was aimed at evaluating the changes in the Ventricular-Arterial Coupling (VAC) of old adults after the implementation of a multidisciplinary intervention program comprising a tailored physical exerc...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601009 -
Correlation between Neck Circumference and Pulse Wave Velocity: A Population-based Study
Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide. In this setting, Neck Circumference (NC) and Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) are simple and valuable tools for an early evaluation of cardiovascular ris...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601008 -
Validation of a Method to Estimate Stroke Volume from Brachial-cuff Derived Pressure Waveforms
Steady state hemodynamics [Stroke Volume - SV, cardiac output, peripheral resistance (Rp)] have attracted researchers in hypertension for decades. However, due to technical difficulties, they never entered cli...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601007 -
P138 Modelling and Simulation of Pressure Re-reflections at the Aortic Valve Using Difference Equations
The concept of re-reflections of blood pressure waves at the heart has been neglected in most models and is only poorly understood so far. Therefore, the aim of this work was to develop a simple mathematical m...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501160 -
P121 Background of the Development of Carotid and Femoral Atherosclerotic Plaques in Twins
Development of carotid and femoral atherosclerotic plaques proved to be heritable in previous studies. However, no comprehensive ultrasonographic evaluation of the volume and types of plaque has been performed.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501146 -
P110 Impact of Cardiac Pre-load on Arterial Stiffness in Patient with Essential Hypertension
Effects of afterload and blood pressure (BP) on pulse wave velocity (PWV) have been investigated using vasoactive drugs but effects of cardiac pre-load have not previously been studied.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501135 -
P108 Relation Between Abdominal Aorta and Carotid Artery Responses to Sympathetic Stimulation using Duplex Ultrasound
Sympathetic stimulation in central arteries, such as the carotid artery, lead to vasodilation in healthy subjects and vasoconstriction in those with cardiovascular disease. Moreover, this response has independ...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501133 -
P98 Impaired Pulmonary Function is Associated with Increased Cardio-ankle Vascular Index in HIV Patients in Ghana
Patients with HIV have increased cardiovascular risk and pulmonary defects. We investigated the association between impaired pulmonary function (IPF) and arterial stiffening measured by the cardio-ankle vascul...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501125 -
P96 Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products Independently Influenced Individual Age-dependent Increase of Arterial Stiffness
Soluble receptors for advanced glycation end-products (sRAGEs) have been suggested to have a protective role neutralizing the advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and their pathological effect on vessel wall...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501123 -
P78 Endothelial Dysfunction and Arterial Stiffness During Type 2 Diabetes
We aimed to study Endothelial dysfunction and Arterial Stiffness in Diabetes mellitus.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501107 -
P63 Accuracy (Validation) of Central Blood Pressure Measurement Using the Sphygmocor Xcel-cuff Device
Numerous devices purport to measure central aortic BP as distinct from conventional brachial BP. This study aimed to determine the accuracy (validation) of the Sphygmocor Xcel-cuff device (AtCor Medical, Sydne...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501093 -
P61 Comparison of Two Oscillometric Technics for Measuring Pulse Wave Velocity
It has been proven that aortic pulse wave velocity (aoPWV), the measure of arterial stiffness is a strong and independent predictor of both cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Beyond the “gold stand...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501091 -
P55 Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning Reduces Cardiac Biomarkers During Vascular Surgery
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) on preventing the leakage of cardiac damage biomarkers in patients undergoing vascular surgery.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501085 -
P51 Effects of Pulsatile Exercise-induced Shear Stress on eNOS, SOD, VCAM-1, and ICAM-1 mRNA Expression of Human Carotid Artery Endothelial Cells
Exercise-induced endothelial shear stress (ESS) has been proposed as a molecular mechanism that regulates the expression of genes involved in the protection against atherosclerosis. However, research on this t...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501081 -
P37 Increased Pressure Dependency of Pulse Wave Velocity with Age
Arterial stiffness, as measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) is dependent on arterial blood pressure but whether this dependence varies with age is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine to what...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501068 -
P30 Interplay of Genetic and Environmental Factors Determining Carotid and Femoral Intima-media Thickness and Plaques
Intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid and femoral artery and plaque formation are both markers of subclinical cardiovascular risk, despite these two process are not simultaneous. Our aim was to investigate t...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501062 -
P19 Upper Arm Cuff Inflation Induces Reactive Changes in Systolic Blood Pressure that Could Influence Diagnosis in Some Individuals
Clinic blood pressure (BP) is performed by inflation of an upper-arm cuff, but this itself may induce a reactive change in BP that could influence diagnosis. This study aimed to determine if a reactive BP chan...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501052 -
P12 Proliferation and Procoagulant Activity of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
In contrast to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), aneurysms of the thoracic ascending aorta (TAA) are not associated with a mural thrombus. Mechanistic understanding of the involvement of vascular smooth muscle ...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501046 -
5.3 Sex Differences in Blood Pressure in Young Adults: Is It All About Body Size?
In young adults, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and hypertension rates are significantly lower in females than males, although the extent to which this is due to differences in body size (body surface area; BSA...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501031 -
4.5 Increased Central Pulse Pressure in Children Results From Increased Early Ejection Velocity and Increased Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity
The aim of the present study was to examine the contribution of left ventricular ejection, arterial stiffness and systemic vascular resistance to essential hypertension in children with hypertension.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501026 -
4.3 Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Measured by Occlusive, Suprasystolic, Oscillometric Method (Arteriograph) Independently Predicts all Cause Mortality
It has been long debated whether Arteriograph predicts cardiovascular events and/or all cause mortality, despite that its prognostic value has been proven in systolic heart failure and in myocardial infarction...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501024 -
2.1 Derivation of Central Aortic Pressure Using the Radial Pulse Waveform Acquired by Millimetre-Wave Radar
A new wearable sensor using millimetre-wave radar and electromagnetic technology provides 64 signals reflected from one radar sinusoidal signal beamed around the radial artery. It is non-invasive, can be non-c...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 25(Suppl 1):2501006 -
The Association between Retinal and Central Pulse Wave Velocity in the Elderly
The retina provides a non-invasive window to monitor microvascular circulation. Carotid-femoral Pulse Wave Velocity (cfPWV) is an indicator of large artery stiffness and is associated with systemic cardiovascu...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2603005 -
Interarm Differences in Brachial Blood Pressure and their Effect on the Derivation on Central Aortic Blood Pressure
Inter-arm differences in brachial systolic Blood Pressure (BP) are associated with increased cardiovascular risk. It is unclear whether anatomical factors contribute to brachial Interarm Blood Pressure (IABP) ...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2602005 -
Pressure Dependency of Retinal Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity in the Rat
The retinal vasculature provides unique in vivo access to the microcirculation and presents the possibility of measuring small artery (retinal) stiffness using pulse wave velocity (PWV). This study investigates w...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601005 -
Pharmacological Management of Hypertension Guided by Central or Peripheral Blood Pressure Measurement: Comparison of Two Strategies on the Incidence of Intermediate Outcome
Central blood pressure values and arterial stiffness have demonstrated to be a useful tool to stratify cardiovascular risk and also as a biomarker. A question that is still unanswered is if hypertension treatm...
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601001 -
Real-world Accuracy of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Diagnosing Bicuspid Aortic Valve Morphology: A Single Center UK Experience
The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) in assessing Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV) morphology.
Citation: Artery Research 2020 26:2601004
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