Arterial stiffness, a leading marker of risk in hypertension, can be measured at material or
structural levels, with the latter combining effects of the geometry and composition of the …

Cells of the vascular wall are exquisitely sensitive to changes in their mechanical
environment. In healthy vessels, mechanical forces regulate signaling and gene expression …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

A hipertensão arterial (HA) é uma doença crônica não transmissível (DCNT) definida por
níveis pressóricos, em que os benefícios do tratamento (não medicamentoso e/ou …

SciELO - Brasil - Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020 Diretrizes Brasileiras de
Hipertensão Arterial – 2020 Acessibilidade / Reportar erro Brasil Lista alfabética de periódicos …

Aims The expression of GADD153 (growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible gene 153), an
apoptosis-regulated gene, increases during endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. How …

Advancing age promotes cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the
United States and many developed nations. Two major age-related arterial phenotypes …

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic contributing to the hypertensive state and to the
cardiovascular morbidity leading to an increase in hospitalizations, events and cost to the …

While SARS-CoV-2 primarily affects the lungs, the virus may be inflicting detriments to the
cardiovascular system, both directly through angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor and …

The cushioning function of large arteries encompasses distension during systole and recoil
during diastole which transforms pulsatile flow into a steady flow in the microcirculation …