Arterial stiffness in diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: a pathway to cardiovascular disease

CDA Stehouwer, RMA Henry, I Ferreira - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer
Increased arterial stiffness associated with diabetes and the metabolic syndrome may in part
explain the increased cardiovascular disease risk observed in these conditions. Arterial …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic syndrome in hypertensive patients: an unholy alliance

G Mulè, I Calcaterra, E Nardi, G Cerasola… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For many years, it has been recognized that hypertension tends to cluster with various
anthropometric and metabolic abnormalities including abdominal obesity, elevated …

Subclinical kidney damage in hypertensive patients: a renal window opened on the cardiovascular system. Focus on microalbuminuria

G Mule, A Castiglia, C Cusumano, E Scaduto… - Hypertension: from basic …, 2017 - Springer
The kidney is one of the major target organs of hypertension. Kidney damage represents a
frequent event in the course of hypertension and arterial hypertension is one of the leading …

The progressive pathway of microalbuminuria: from early marker of renal damage to strong cardiovascular risk predictor

G Cerasola, S Cottone, G Mule - Journal of hypertension, 2010 - journals.lww.com
There is clear evidence that urinary albumin excretion levels, even below the cut-off values
currently used to diagnose microalbuminuria, are associated with an increased risk of …

Arterial stiffness and ischemic stroke in subjects with and without metabolic syndrome

A Tuttolomondo, D Di Raimondo, R Di Sciacca… - Atherosclerosis, 2012 - Elsevier
We conducted a study to evaluate arterial stiffness markers in subjects with acute ischemic
stroke and metabolic syndrome and in relation to TOAST subtype of stroke. We enrolled 130 …

Clustering of metabolic syndrome risk factors and arterial stiffness in young adults: the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project

I Ferreira, CA Boreham, JWR Twisk… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objectives This study aimed to investigate whether the clustering of the risk factors of the
metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with stiffness of central and peripheral arterial …

Metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy in the prediction of cardiovascular events: the Strong Heart Study

G de Simone, RB Devereux, M Chinali… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased
prevalence of echocardiographic LV hypertrophy (LVH), a potent predictor of cardiovascular …

Cardiovascular risk and adrenergic overdrive in the metabolic syndrome

G Grassi, F Quarti-Trevano, G Seravalle… - Nutrition, Metabolism and …, 2007 - Elsevier
AIMS: This paper will review the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathogenesis
of the metabolic syndrome as well as its importance as target of non-pharmacologic and …

PPAR‐γ in the Cardiovascular System

SZ Duan, CY Ivashchenko, MG Usher… - PPAR …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor‐γ (PPAR‐γ), an essential transcriptional
mediator of adipogenesis, lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and glucose homeostasis, is …