The aorta is a blood vessel that provides a low-resistance path for blood flow directed from
the heart to peripheral organs and tissues. However, the aorta has another central …

Many aspects of human health and disease display daily rhythmicity. The brain's
suprachiasmic nucleus, which interprets recurring external stimuli, and autonomous …

Background: Insufficient or disrupted sleep increases the risk of cardiovascular disease,
including atherosclerosis. However, we know little about the molecular mechanisms by …

Background Altered sleep parameters, such as duration and quality, play an important role
in the pathogenesis and progression of cardiovascular diseases, as well as in all-cause …

Recently, interest in sleep disturbances, such as sleep disordered breathing (SDB), short
sleep duration, and non-restorative sleep (NRS), has been increasing. The potentially large …

Sleep deprivation is highly prevalent and is associated with increased cardiovascular
disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Age-related alterations in sleep and chronobiology …

Aim: Abnormal daily sleep duration and quality have been linked to hypertension, diabetes,
stroke, and overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity& mortality. However, the …

As women age and go through menopause, they suffer a higher incidence of sleep disorder,
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In addition, evidences suggested that sleep disorder …

Arterial calcification is commonly seen in atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and
diabetes and has long been considered a natural progression of atherosclerosis. Yet it is a …

Careful phenotyping of patients to classify those with kidney stones has a long and important
history in revealing the chemical basis for stone formation. Advances in our genetic …