Arterial distensibility in humans. Modulating mechanisms, alterations in diseases and effects of treatment

C Giannattasio, G Mancia - Journal of hypertension, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Reduction of large artery distensibility has several adverse consequences for the
cardiovascular system. This paper reviews the evidence obtained by measuring …

Norepinephrine and concentric hypertrophy in patients with end-stage renal disease

C Zoccali, F Mallamaci, G Tripepi, S Parlongo… - …, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
We have recently observed that in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) raised
plasma norepinephrine (NE) is an independent predictor of incident cardiovascular events …

Relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity and large artery mechanical vessel wall properties in renal transplant patients

M Kosch, M Barenbrock, K Kisters, KH Rahn… - Journal of …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Renal transplant recipients (RTX) show a major impairment of large artery elastic
wall properties. Sympathetic overactivity present in patients with renal disease has been …

Relationship between arterial distensibility and low-frequency power spectrum of blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats

H Dabiré, P Lacolley, K Chaouche-Teyara… - Journal of …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to determine in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) whether a
significant association may be observed between the low-frequency component of blood …

Smoking, blood pressure and cardiovascular risk

M Hausberg, M Kosch, M Barenbrock - Journal of hypertension, 2002 - journals.lww.com
In this issue of the journal, Khalili et al.[1] present results from the Malmö Preventing Project,
a large population-based study aimed at identifying and evaluating risk factors for …

Sympathetic–vascular interactions: further evidence in kidney transplantation

G Grassi, DA Calhoun - Journal of hypertension, 2002 - journals.lww.com
There has been a multitude of evidence collected over the years to support the concept that
the sympathetic influences of renal dysfunction and renal insufficiencyrelated hypertension …

[引用][C] Arterial stiffness and pulse contour analysis: an age old concept revisited

JR Cockcroft, IB Wilkinson - Clinical Science, 2002 - portlandpress.com
''In extreme old age, the arteries themselves, the grand instrument of the circulation, by the
continual apposition of earth, become hard, and as it were bony, till, having lost the power of …