Early detection of subclinical atherosclerosis is important to reduce patients' cardiovascular
risk. However, current diagnostic strategy focusing on traditional risk factors or using risk …

Arterial stiffness progressively increases with aging and is an independent predictor of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Evidence supports that there are sex differences in the …

Briefly, measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) of the brachial artery has been
used for the assessment of endothelial function in humans. 14, 15 This technique measures …

Arteriosclerosis, which appears as a hardened and narrowed artery with plaque buildup, is
the primary cause of various cardiovascular diseases such as stroke. Arteriosclerosis is …

Arterial stiffness is a progressive aging process that predicts cardiovascular disease. Pulse
wave velocity (PWV) has emerged as a noninvasive, valid, and reliable measure of arterial …

Background: The populations of many developed countries are becoming progressively
older. In aged societies, assessment of total vascular risk is critically important, because old …

Background Previous studies have suggested that high mean glucose levels and glycemic
abnormalities such as glucose fluctuation and hypoglycemia accelerate the progression of …

Background: Arterial stiffness (AS) was associated with heart failure (HF) in previous studies
based on specific populations with small samples and the effects of age and blood pressure …

Retinal vein pulsation was first noted soon after the invention of the ophthalmoscope 170
years ago and was seen to change with cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) variation in the …

Background Arterial stiffness is a major risk factor and effective predictor of cardiovascular
diseases and a common pathway of pathological vascular impairments. Homocysteine (Hcy) …