Obesity is an emerging pandemic driven by consumption of a diet rich in fat and highly
refined carbohydrates (a Western diet) and a sedentary lifestyle in both children and adults …

Epidemiological studies support the notion that arterial stiffness is an independent predictor
of adverse cardiovascular events contributing significantly to systolic hypertension, impaired …

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 …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a vascular disease which, despite the fact that it shares
common risk factors with atherosclerosis, develops in parallel but as a partly independent …

Exposure to air pollution negatively impacts cardiovascular health. Studies show that
increased exposure to a number of airborne pollutants increases the risk for cardiovascular …

Vasomotor dysfunction is one of the key pathological aspects of shock and heart failure (HF).
Shenfu injection (SFI) has been widely used for the treatment of shock and HF in China …

Background Mimecan plays an important role in endothelial and vascular smooth muscle
cell integrity and may be involved the pathology of arterial stiffness. However, the role of …

Objective Cerebral infarction due to cerebral vasospasm (IVS) after aneurysmal
subarachnoid hemorrhage is associated with poor outcomes and symptomatic cerebral …

Aortic stiffness (AS) is an important predictor of cardiovascular morbidity in humans. The
present review discusses the possible pathophysiological mechanisms of AS and focuses …

Background Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 5–10% of strokes and its
prognosis may be influenced by different complications, including delayed cerebral …