Vascular function in hypertension: does gender dimension matter?

RM Bruno, S Varbiro, G Pucci, J Nemcsik… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood pressure and vascular ageing trajectories differ between men and women. These
differences develop due to sex-related factors, attributable to sex chromosomes or sex …

Gender differences in epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of hypertension

P Di Giosia, P Giorgini, CA Stamerra… - Current atherosclerosis …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to examine gender differences in both the
epidemiology and pathophysiology of hypertension and to explore gender peculiarities on …

Sex differences in arterial hypertension: a scientific statement from the ESC Council on Hypertension, the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, Association …

E Gerdts, I Sudano, S Brouwers, C Borghi… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
There is strong evidence that sex chromosomes and sex hormones influence blood
pressure (BP) regulation, distribution of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and co-morbidities …

Sex-specific differences in hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease

KMM Colafella, KM Denton - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2018 - nature.com
Although intrinsic mechanisms that regulate arterial blood pressure (BP) are similar in men
and women, marked variations exist at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels. These …

Sex determines cardiovascular hemodynamics in hypertension

P Krzesiński, A Stańczyk, G Gielerak… - Journal of Human …, 2015 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sex on cardiovascular hemodynamics
and heart remodeling in 144 patients with arterial hypertension that underwent:(1) …

Hypertension and cardiovascular disease in women: Progress towards better understanding of gender‐specific differences?

K Narkiewicz, SE Kjeldsen, T Hedner - Blood pressure, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
There is an increasing recognition that there are gender specific characteristics of
cardiovascular disease, the commonest cause of death in most developed countries (1, 2) …

The role of sex and gender in hypertension

Z Azizi, P Alipour, V Raparelli, CM Norris… - Journal of human …, 2023 - nature.com
Hypertension (HTN) is a critical primary modifiable risk factor for the development of
cardiovascular diseases, with recognized sex-based differences. While sex refers to one's …

Vascular aging: facts and factors

AP Dantas, F Jiménez-Altayó, E Vila - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Gerald A. Meininger, University of Missouri, USA complications. Chantler and Lakatta (2012)
elegantly describe the concept of arterial ventricular coupling and provide valuable …

Sex differences in hypertension: contribution of the renin–angiotensin system

C Maric-Bilkan, MB Manigrasso - Gender medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have shown that female human beings exhibit lower blood pressure
levels over much of their life span compared with their age-matched counterparts. This …

Sex and gender aspects in vascular ageing–focus on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and outcomes

U Seeland, J Nemcsik, MT Lønnebakken… - Heart, Lung and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sex and gender are important modifiers of cardiovascular system physiology,
pathophysiology, and disease development. The atherosclerosis process, together with the …