... measured aortic PWV (pulse wave velocity) and carotid artery elastic parameters in a cohort of pregnant women. Twelve normotensive pregnant women were studied longitudinally during the three trimesters of pregnancy (T 1 , T 2 and T 3 respectively) and 12 weeks PP (postpartum). Carotid artery diastolic...

... 2005 18 1 2005 The Biochemical Society 2005 arterial stiffness autonomic nervous system baroreceptor sensitivity cerebrovascular disorder elasticity pressoreceptor An elevated BP (blood pressure) level immediately following ischaemic stroke is an independent risk factor...

... volume in 159 healthy volunteers aged between 19 and 74 years. Tonometric sphygmography was used to estimate augmentation index, central end-systolic and mean arterial blood pressure. Effective arterial elastance was calculated as the ratio of end-systolic pressure to stroke volume. Left ventricular mass...

.... Insight into the relation between age, the atherosclerotic process and vessel wall elasticity may contribute to the prevention of secondary vascular wall damage. 2. To evaluate the determinants of coronary artery wall elasticity, we studied a group of 34 patients, aged 54.6 ± 10.1 years, who underwent...

...L Hofstra; J. M. Willigers; F. C. Huvers; N. C. Schaper; A. D. M. Kester; P. J. E. H. M. Kitslaar; A. P. G. Hoeks 1. Information on the interaction between mechanical strain and the elastic properties of large arteries could give insight to the origin of haemodynamic vascular injury, possibly...