Artery Research

Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2010
Review Article

1. Large arteries and angiotensin II blockade in hypertension

Michel E. Safar
Pages: 67 - 74
Renin-angiotensin blockade has reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertensive subjects. Experimental studies have shown that this blockade acts primarily on vascular tone, causing quasi simultaneously a decrease in vascular resistance, an increase in large artery compliance and a change...
Research Article

2. A novel measure to characterise optimality of diameter relationships at retinal vascular bifurcations

Nicholas W. Witt, Neil Chapman, Simon A. McG. Thom, Alice V. Stanton, Kim H. Parker, Alun D. Hughes
Pages: 75 - 80
Conventionally, the relationship between parent and daughter vessels at vascular bifurcations has been expressed by the junction exponent (x), and deviations of this parameter from the optimal conditions predicted by Murray’s law (x = 3) have been shown to be associated with vascular disease. However,...
Research Article

3. Role of aortic calcification, stiffness and wave reflections in cardiovascular risk in dialysis patients: Baseline data from the CORD study

Francis Verbeke, Raymond Vanholder, Pieter L. Rensma, Björn Wikström, Per Bruno Jensen, Jean-Marie Krzesinski, Merete Rasmussen, Wim Van Biesen, Eero Honkanen, on behalf of the CORD Study investigators
Pages: 81 - 90
Background: Accurate cardiovascular risk estimation in dialysis patients remains challenging because different pathogenetic mechanisms act simultaneously in this heterogeneous population. Radiographic calcification, aortic stiffness and wave reflection, have each individually been proven to be reliable...
Short Communication

4. Correlation between fetuin-A and matrix Gla protein levels in human serum

Katsuhito Mori, Yuji Ikari, Shuichi Jono, Masanori Emoto, Atsushi Shioi, Hidenori Koyama, Tetsuo Shoji, Eiji Ishimura, Masaaki Inaba, Kazuhiro Hara, Yoshiki Nishizawa
Pages: 91 - 93
Background: Vascular calcification is frequently found in hemodialysis patients. Fetuin-A is a well-characterized circulating inhibitor of calcification. Several other bone-associated proteins, such as the matrix Gla protein (MGP), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and osteopontin (OPN), are also presumed to inhibit...
Short Communication

5. Effects of aging on leg pulse wave velocity response to single-leg cycling

Jun Sugawara, Takeshi Otsuki, Seiji Maeda
Pages: 94 - 97
There is increasing awareness that pulse wave velocity (PWV), an index of arterial stiffness, changes transiently via alteration of vascular smooth muscular tone. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of aging on the response of leg PWV to a low-intensity exercise bout. Ten older (69 ± 3...