Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 2012 to 2017, 603 participants were
included: 517 patients and 86 'healthy'individuals used to calculate the theoretical PWV …

Aim: To assess the effect of atorvastatin on aortic stiffness in hypercholesterolaemic patients
free of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Methods and Results: The study included …

Objective To evaluate the effects of statin therapy on augmentation index (AIx) as a measure
of arterial stiffness using a meta-analysis of clinical trials. Methods The search included …

Background Arterial stiffness has been observed to be an independent predictor for
cardiovascular events. Effects of cholesterol lowering agents (statins) on arterial stiffness are …

Background Obesity has been described as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality, and
some studies have reported an association with obesity and increased aortic stiffness. Other …

Objective: Aortic stiffness assessed by carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an
important predictor to gauge the overall risk of hypertensive patients; nonetheless, it is …

The determination of aortic stiffness, through the measurement of carotid–femoral pulse
wave velocity (PWV), has been recommended by the 2007 European Society of …

Eur J Clin Invest 2011; 41 (9): 929–936 Abstract Background Some cardiovascular risk
factors such as age, hypertension and diabetes have been confirmed to be positively …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to calculate robust quantitative estimates of the
predictive value of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) for future cardiovascular (CV) events …

Objective Increased aortic stiffness may be one of the mechanisms by which obesity
increases cardiovascular risk independently of traditional risk factors. While body mass …