Recent studies are reviewed, concerning the in vivo wall stiffness of arteries and arterioles in
healthy humans, and how these properties adapt to iterative increments or sustained …

The present series of in vivo experiments in healthy subjects, were performed to investigate
wall stiffness in peripheral vessels and how this modality adapts to iterative increments or …

The wall stiffness of arteries and arterioles adapts to the long‐term demands imposed by
local intravascular pressure. We investigated whether substances capable of inducing acute …

Objective The aim was to investigate whether repeated exposures to moderate pressure
elevations in the blood vessels of the arms (pressure training) affect pressure distension in …

The aims were to study effects of iterative exposures to moderate elevations of local
intravascular pressure on arterial/arteriolar stiffness and plasma levels of vasoactive …

Blood vessels are permanently subjected to mechanical forces in the form of stretch,
encompassing cyclic mechanical strain due to the pulsatile nature of blood flow and shear …

Abstract Changes in vascular structure that accompany hypertension may contribute to
hypertensive end-organ damage. Both the macrovascular and microvascular levels should …

Structural reductions in vessel luminal diameters in response to elevated pressure may play
a role in the elevation of peripheral resistance generally observed in hypertension. In the …

Brachial artery diameter and compliance were measured in 23 normotensive control
subjects and 49 hypertensive patients. The results were compared in isobaric conditions by …

Aim: Because of the great differences in hydrostatic pressure acting along the blood vessels
in the erect posture, leg vessels are exposed to greater transmural pressures than arm …