Cardiovascular and inflammatory effects of simvastatin therapy in patients with COPD: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: There is excess cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Aortic stiffness, an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk, and systemic and airway inflammation are increased in patients with the ...
Bolton, Charlotte E. +9 more
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Carotid Artery and Aortic Stiffness Evaluation in Aortic Stenosis [PDF]
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2014 In aortic stenosis (AS), the combination of risk factors can progressively lead to an increased arterial rigidity, which can be evaluated by the carotid artery and aortic stiffness (β index). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between carotid and aortic β index, left ventricular (LV) function, plasma brain natriuretic peptide ...
Weisz, Sara Hana +5 more
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2.5 AORTIC-BRACHIAL STIFFNESS MISMATCH AND MORTALITY IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS
Artery Research, 2013 Objective. We have shown that regression of brachial stiffness is inversely related to aortic stiffness in dialysis patients. In this study, we sequentially examine the impact of aortic stiffness, brachial stiffness and aortic-brachial stiffness mismatch
C. Fortier +7 more
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Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2023 Background: The global number of people living with diabetes mellitus (DM) continues to grow. Obesity, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension are independently correlated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetic patients ...
Tsung-Jui Wu, Du-An Wu, Bang-Gee Hsu
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Aortic root stiffness affects the kinematics of bioprosthetic aortic valves [PDF]
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2016 In this study, the influence of aortic root distensibility on the haemodynamic parameters and valve kinematics of a bioprosthetic aortic valve was investigated in a controlled in vitro experiment.An Edwards INTUITY Elite 21 mm sutureless aortic valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) was inserted in three transparent aortic root phantoms with ...
Jahren, Silje Ekroll +5 more
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P108 IMPACT OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION ON AORTIC STIFFNESS INDEX β0
Artery Research, 2017 Purpose/ Background/ Objectives: We have shown that aortic stiffness improves as early as 3 months post-kidney transplantation (KTx). Aortic stiffness index β0, a blood pressure independent parameter, has been proposed to be a better indicator of ...
Marie-Pier Desjardins +7 more
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Elastic Foundations as Heterogeneous Adventitial Boundary Condition for the Assessment of Aortic Wall and Peri-Aortic Stiffness from Dense-MRI Data Using Inverse FEM Approach [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The establishment of in vivo, patient-specific, and regionally resolved techniques to quantify aortic properties is key for improving risk assessment in clinical practice and scientific understanding of cardiovascular growth and remodeling ...
Bracamonte, Johane H. +2 more
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Retinal micro-vascular and aortic macro-vascular changes in postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism [PDF]
, 2018 Aim of the study was to evaluate the micro and macro-vascular changes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) compared to controls. 30 postmenopausal PHPT women (15 hypertensive and 15 normotensive) and 30 normotensive controls underwent ...
Biamonte, Federica +8 more
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Biomechanical and biochemical properties of the thoracic aorta in warmblood horses, Friesian horses, and Friesians with aortic rupture [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Thoracic aortic rupture and aortopulmonary fistulation are rare conditions in horses. It mainly affects Friesian horses. Intrinsic differences in biomechanical properties of the aortic wall might predispose this breed.
Chiers, Koen +10 more
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Impact of aortic stiffness on myocardial ischaemia in non-obstructive coronary artery disease
Open Heart, 2019 Objective High aortic stiffness may reduce myocardial perfusion pressure and contribute to development of myocardial ischaemia. Whether high aortic stiffness is associated with myocardial ischaemia in patients with stable angina and non-obstructive ...
Mai Tone Lønnebakken +5 more
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