Aortic stiffness increases with advancing age, more than doubling during the human life
span, and is a robust predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) clinical events independent …

Elevated large-artery stiffness is recognized as an independent predictor of cardiovascular
and all-cause mortality. The mechanisms responsible for such stiffening are incompletely …

Key points The impact of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on autonomic and cardiovascular function
in otherwise healthy individuals is unknown. For the first time it is shown that young adults …

As with blood pressure, age-related changes in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA)
may differ nonlinearly between sexes. Data acquired from 398 male (age: 39±17; range: 18 …

238 Hypertension August 2019 postmenopausal women20 to levels seen in age-matched
endurance-trained adults (Figure 2, red arrow). The ability of regular aerobic exercise to …

Several attempts have been made, by the scientific community, to develop a unifying
hypothesis that explains the clinical syndrome of heart failure (HF). The currently widely …

Bursts of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the ensuing vasoconstriction are
pivotal determinants of beat-by-beat blood pressure regulation. Although age and sex …

BACKGROUND The purpose of this document is to provide clinicians with guidance, using
expert consensus, to help summarize evidence and offer practical recommendations …

Despite overwhelming epidemiological evidence, the contribution of hypertension (HTN) to
heart failure (HF) development has been undermined in current clinical practice. This is …

Stroke prediction is a key health issue for preventive medicine. Atrial fibrillation (AF)
detection is well established and the importance of obstructive sleep apneas (OSA) has …