The goal of this review is to provide further understanding of increased vascular stiffness
with aging, and how it contributes to the adverse effects of major human diseases …

Investigation of arterial stiffness, especially of the large arteries, has gathered pace in recent
years with the development of readily available noninvasive assessment techniques. These …

In recent years, great emphasis has been placed on the role of arterial stiffness in the
development of cardiovascular diseases. Indeed, the assessment of arterial stiffness is …

Deterioration in endothelial function and arterial stiffness are early events in the
development of cardiovascular diseases. In adults, noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis …

Arterial stiffness has independent predictive value for cardiovascular events. We review data
concerning the heritability of arterial stiffness, and propose an integrated view of the …

Background and Purpose—Repeated episodes of limb ischemia and reperfusion (remote
ischemic conditioning [RIC]) may improve outcome after acute stroke. Methods—We …

Local pulse wave velocity (PWV) is evolving as one of the important determinants of arterial
hemodynamics, localized vessel stiffening associated with several pathologies, and a host …

Results The correlations of the PWV as assessed with the Arteriograph with the values
obtained using the SphygmoCor (r= 0.67, P< 0.001) and the Complior (r= 0.69, P< 0.001) …

Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), a measure of arterial stiffness, is determined
from the time taken for the arterial pulse to propagate from the carotid to the femoral artery …

Aortic stiffness may predict progression to hypertension beyond classic risk factors. In a
longitudinal study, we assessed the predictive value of aortic stiffness on future hypertension …