Artery Research
Volume 9, Issue C, March 2015
Review Article
1. Central pressure should be used in clinical practice
James E. Sharman
Pages: 1 - 7
The original purpose for recording brachial blood pressure (BP) more than 100 years ago was to estimate central (aortic) BP. While high brachial BP is an important cardiovascular risk factor, it is clear that major differences in central systolic BP (SBP; e.g. >30 mmHg) can occur among people with...
Review Article
2. Central pressure should not be used in clinical practice
Gary F. Mitchell
Pages: 8 - 13
The heart, brain and kidneys are key targets of pulsatile damage in older people and in patients with longstanding hypertension. These central organs are exposed to central systolic and pulse pressures, which may differ from the corresponding peripheral pressures measured in the brachial artery. Studies...
Review Article
3. Vascular smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation and the extracellular matrix
Maryam Heidari, Craig A. Mandato, Stephanie Lehoux
Pages: 14 - 18
Intervascular stents provide clinical benefits in preventing occlusive coronary artery disease after angioplasty, but intimal hyperplasia and restenosis after stent implantation remains an unresolved problem. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), the main component of medial layer of arteries, play an...
Research Article
4. Pulse pressure measured at the level of the femoral artery, but not at the level of the aorta, carotid and brachial arteries, is associated with the incidence of coronary heart disease events in a population with a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose metabolism – The Hoorn study
A.D. Protogerou, T.T. van Sloten, R.M.A. Henry, J.M. Dekker, Giel Nijpels, C.D.A. Stehouwer
Pages: 19 - 26
Introduction: Central (aortic or carotid) pulse pressure (PP) is more strongly associated with local organ damage and possibly mortality than brachial PP.
Aim: To investigate for the first time the association of femoral (f) PP with all-cause mortality, and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary...
Research Article
5. Impact of obesity on aortic root calcification and coronary calcification using multi-detector CT
Hussein Nafakhi, Hasan A. Al-Nafakh, Abdulameer A. Al-Mosawi
Pages: 27 - 32
Objective: The impact of obesity measured by BMI on cardiovascular diseases remains controversial. We investigated the impact of obesity measured by BMI on the prevalence and correlation of aortic root calcification (ARC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients assessed by multi-detector...
Research Article
6. Clinical utility of digital volume pulse analysis in prediction of cardiovascular risk and the presence of angiographic coronary artery disease
Konstantinos Vakalis, Aris Bechlioulis, Katerina K. Naka, Konstantinos Pappas, Christos S. Katsouras, Lampros K. Michalis
Pages: 33 - 39
Background: Stiffness Index (SI), assessed by finger photoplethysmography (digital volume pulse analysis), has been suggested as a simple and easy measure of arterial stiffness. However, its potential association with cardiovascular risk and coronary artery disease (CAD) has been little studied. The...