Cardiovascular diseases are the worldwide leading cause of mortality. Cardiovascular
diseases are noncommunicable conditions with a complex pathogenesis, and their clinical …

Outcomes for heart failure (HF) patients remain suboptimal. No known therapy improves
mortality in acute HF and HF with preserved ejection fraction; the most recent HF trial results …

Townsend et al Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness 699 pressure, blood flow, and
arterial diameter change with each heartbeat. In addition to the passive mechanical …

Although various studies reported that pulse pressure, an indirect index of arterial stiffening,
was an independent risk factor for mortality, a direct relationship between arterial stiffness …

Background Vascular aging results in stiffer arteries and may have a role in the development
of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Arterial stiffness index (ASI), measured by finger …

Arterial stiffness is a growing epidemic associated with increased risk of cardiovascular
events, dementia, and death. Decreased compliance of the central vasculature alters arterial …

Background Diabetes and elevated blood glucose have been associated with increased risk
of atrial fibrillation in a number of epidemiological studies, however, the findings have not …

At present, six groups of chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH) are described. Among these,
group 1 (and 1′) comprises a group of diverse diseases termed pulmonary arterial …

With advancing age, arterial stiffness and wave reflections increase and elevate systolic and
pulse pressures. An elevated central pulse pressure is generally ascribed to increased wave …

Background—Few population studies addressed the prognostic significance of aortic pulse
wave velocity (APWV) above and beyond other cardiovascular risk factors. Methods and …