The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission: reducing the global burden by 2030

B Vogel, M Acevedo, Y Appelman, CNB Merz… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Decades of grassroots
campaigns have helped to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease in …

New insights into arterial stiffening: does sex matter?

BO Ogola, MA Zimmerman, GL Clark… - American Journal …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
This review discusses sexual dimorphism in arterial stiffening, disease pathology
interactions, and the influence of sex on mechanisms and pathways. Arterial stiffness …

Reference values of office central blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, and augmentation index recorded by means of the Mobil‐O‐Graph PWA monitor

AMG Paiva, MA Mota-Gomes, AA Brandao… - Hypertension …, 2020 - nature.com
Assessment of central blood pressure (BP), pulse wave velocity (PWV), and augmentation
index (AIx) measurements may improve cardiovascular risk stratification. This study aimed to …

Arterial stiffness tested by pulse wave velocity and augmentation index for cardiovascular risk stratification in antiphospholipid syndrome

G Evangelatos, G Konstantonis, N Tentolouris… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Arterial stiffness (ArS) has emerged as a predictor of …

The representation of females in studies on antihypertensive medication over the years: a scoping review

Z Mohseni-Alsalhi, MAM Vesseur, N Wilmes… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The leading global risk factor for cardiovascular-disease-related morbidity and
mortality is hypertension. In the past decade, attention has been paid to increase females' …

Sex differences in arterial wave reflection and the role of exogenous and endogenous sex hormones: results of the Berlin Aging Study II

U Seeland, I Demuth, V Regitz-Zagrosek… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Arterial stiffness is tightly linked to hypertension. Sex differences in
hypertension and arterial stiffness have already been established, yet the role of sex …

Toll-like receptors contribute to sex differences in blood pressure regulation

VD Justina, FR Giachini, JC Sullivan… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the innate immune system, and recently,
they have been shown to be involved in the regulation of blood pressure. The incidence of …

Differential sex-specific effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme Inhibition and Angiotensin receptor blocker therapy on arterial function in hypertension: CALIBREX …

SC Rogers, YA Ko, AA Quyyumi, I Hajjar - Hypertension, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Increased arterial stiffness is associated with adverse cardiovascular
outcomes. We studied the sex-specific impact of angiotensin antagonists on vascular …

A Survey on Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies: Addressing Potential Sources of Bias

SS Mousavi, MA Reyna, GD Clifford, R Sameni - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Regular blood pressure (BP) monitoring in clinical and ambulatory settings plays a crucial
role in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of cardiovascular diseases …

Hypertension combined with atherosclerosis increases the risk of heart failure in patients with diabetes

L Wu, J Gao, J Zhuang, M Wu, S Chen, G Wang… - Hypertension …, 2024 - nature.com
The increase in heart failure risk in the diabetic population when hypertension and
atherosclerosis are both present is still inconclusive. The aim of this study was to explore the …