Arterial stiffness and hypertension: chicken or egg?

GF Mitchell - Hypertension, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Mitchell Arterial Stiffness and Hypertension 211 in PP that is associated with high incidence
of predominantly systolic hypertension in older people. One of the foregoing studies of …

Role of arterial stiffness in cardiovascular disease

M Cecelja, P Chowienczyk - JRSM cardiovascular disease, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Propagation of the pressure wave along the arterial tree (pulse wave velocity [PWV]) is
related to the intrinsic elasticity of the arterial wall. PWV is increased in stiffer arteries and …

Recommendations for improving and standardizing vascular research on arterial stiffness: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RR Townsend, IB Wilkinson, EL Schiffrin, AP Avolio… - …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
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 …

Wave reflections, assessed with a novel method for pulse wave separation, are associated with end-organ damage and clinical outcomes

T Weber, S Wassertheurer, M Rammer, A Haiden… - …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
We recently developed a novel method for assessment of arterial wave reflections
(ARCSolver method): based on adopted Windkessel methods, flow curves are estimated …

Forward and backward pressure waveform morphology in hypertension

Y Li, H Gu, H Fok, J Alastruey, P Chowienczyk - Hypertension, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
We tested the hypothesis that increased pulse wave reflection and altered backward
waveform morphology contribute to increased pulse pressure in subjects with higher pulse …

Augmentation pressure is influenced by ventricular contractility/relaxation dynamics: novel mechanism of reduction of pulse pressure by nitrates

H Fok, A Guilcher, Y Li, S Brett, A Shah, B Clapp… - …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Augmentation pressure (AP), the increment in aortic pressure above its first systolic
shoulder, is thought to be determined mainly by pressure wave reflection but could be …

Sex and gender aspects in vascular ageing–focus on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and outcomes

U Seeland, J Nemcsik, MT Lønnebakken… - Heart, Lung and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sex and gender are important modifiers of cardiovascular system physiology,
pathophysiology, and disease development. The atherosclerosis process, together with the …

Combined whole-body vibration training and l-citrulline supplementation improves pressure wave reflection in obese postmenopausal women

A Wong, S Alvarez-Alvarado, SJ Jaime… - Applied Physiology …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Postmenopausal women have increased wave reflection (augmentation pressure (AP) and
index (AIx)) and reduced muscle function that predispose them to cardiac diseases and …

Genetic aetiology of blood pressure relates to aortic stiffness with bi-directional causality: evidence from heritability, blood pressure polymorphisms, and Mendelian …

M Cecelja, L Keehn, L Ye, TD Spector… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Haemodynamic determinants of blood pressure (BP) include cardiac output (CO),
systemic vascular resistance (SVR), and arterial stiffness. We investigated the heritability of …

Impact of low-intensity resistance and whole-body vibration training on aortic hemodynamics and vascular function in postmenopausal women

SJ Jaime, A Maharaj, S Alvarez-Alvarado… - Hypertension …, 2019 - nature.com
To examine the effects of low-intensity resistance exercise training (LIRET) and whole-body
vibration training (WBVT) with an external weighted vest on arterial stiffness, wave reflection …