Arterial hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular (CV) risk factor worldwide based
on observational studies of brachial artery blood pressure (BP). In the latest guidelines of the …

The optimal performance of the cardiovascular system, as well as the break-down of this
performance with disease, both involve complex biomechanical interactions between the …

The prognostic value of central systolic blood pressure has been established recently. At
present, its noninvasive assessment is limited by the need of dedicated equipment and …

Office blood pressure measurement has been the basis for hypertension evaluation for
almost a century. However, the evaluation of blood pressure out of the office using …

Epidemiological studies have shown that ageing is a major non-reversible risk factor for
cardiovascular disease. Vascular ageing starts early in life and is characterized by a gradual …

Aortic dissection continues to be responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, although
recent advances in medical data assimilation and in experimental and in silico models have …

Objective: To test the hypothesis that left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is better associated
with aortic, than brachial, 24-h average blood pressure (BP) in individuals with hypertension …

To assess the differences among seven different methods for the calculation of mean arterial
pressure (MAP) and to identify the formula that provides MAP values that are more closely …

Background Surrogates of aortic wave reflection and arterial stiffness, such as augmentation
index (AIx), augmentation pressure, pulse wave velocity (PWV) and pulse pressure …

Increased arterial stiffness results from reduced elasticity of the arterial wall and is an
independent predictor for cardiovascular risk. The gold standard for assessment of arterial …