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 …

Over the past 2 decades, the syndrome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
(HFpEF) received a lot of attention. 1–19 However, little therapeutic progress was made. 20 …

Ventricular–arterial coupling (VAC) plays a major role in the physiology of cardiac and aortic
mechanics, as well as in the pathophysiology of cardiac disease. VAC assessment …

The objective is to investigate the relationship between arterial stiffness measured by arterial
tonometry and echocardiographic indices of diastolic dysfunction—a basis for the diagnosis …

Background The differing relations of steady and pulsatile components of central
hemodynamics and aortic stiffness with cardiac dimensions and function have not been fully …

The blood pressure (BP) waveform varies substantially between the peripheral conduit
(brachial) and the central elastic (aorta) arteries mainly do a gradual increase of systolic BP …

Background and aims The effects of medically-aided smoking cessation on vascular function
and oxidative stress are not fully clarified. Methods One hundred eighty-eight current …

Arterial stiffness has been suspected as a cause of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and
may thereby contribute to the development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

Background: Noninvasive applanation tonometry studies of the brachial and radial artery
pressure waves show that the arterial pulse is substantially amplified between the brachial …

Background: Increased arterial stiffness is associated with diastolic dysfunction in adults.
Data in youth are lacking, so we examined the impact of arterial stiffness on diastolic …