While risk scores are invaluable tools for adapted preventive strategies, a significant gap
exists between predicted and actual event rates. Additional tools to further stratify the risk of …

Accumulating evidence suggests that central blood pressure (BP) may reflect the
hemodynamic stress on target organs more accurately than brachial BP. A systematic review …

Townsend et al Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness 699 pressure, blood flow, and
arterial diameter change with each heartbeat. In addition to the passive mechanical …

The prognostic value of central systolic blood pressure has been established recently. At
present, its noninvasive assessment is limited by the need of dedicated equipment and …

Arterial hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular (CV) risk factor worldwide based
on observational studies of brachial artery blood pressure (BP). In the latest guidelines of the …

The most common method of clinical measurement of arterial blood pressure is by means of
the cuff sphygmomanometer. This instrument has provided fundamental quantitative …

Office blood pressure measurement has been the basis for hypertension evaluation for
almost a century. However, the evaluation of blood pressure out of the office using …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to test the effects of treatment with ivabradine on
exercise capacity and left ventricular filling in patients with heart failure with preserved …

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the vasodilating β-blocker nebivolol
and the cardioselective β-blocker metoprolol succinate on aortic blood pressure and left …

The world population is aging and the number of old people is continuously increasing.
Arterial structure and function change with age, progressively leading to arterial stiffening …