by University of Eastern Finland Arterial stiffness may cause premature cardiac damage in youth, but decreasing blood pressure and insulin resistance may reduce this effect by 50%. Credit: Andrew Agbaje. Arterial stiffness is a novel cause of premature heart damage among adolescents, according to a new follow-up study. The study was conducted in collaboration between Texas...
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND IMAGE: OVER A 7-YEAR FOLLOW-UP PERIOD FROM ADOLESCENCE TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD, INCREASED LOW-GRADE INFLAMMATION WAS CAUSALLY ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS, WHICH ARE SIGNS OF PREMATURE VASCULAR DAMAGE AND SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS. CREDIT: ANDREW AGBAJE Early vascular damage and atherosclerosis in adolescents may be caused by low-grade inflammation,...
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via an increase in body fat, a paper published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine concludes. There is a global effort aimed at screening, identification, and early diagnosis of hypertension...
by University of Surrey Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cocoa only reduces blood pressure and arterial stiffness when they are elevated, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Cocoa flavanols have previously been found to lower blood pressure and arterial stiffness as much as some blood pressure medication. However, how effective flavanols are in everyday life in reducing blood pressure has...
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND IMAGE: ATHEROSCLEROTIC TRAITS REFERRED TO AS ARTERIAL STIFFNESS SEEM TO INDEPENDENTLY CAUSE ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS. THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AMONG THE YOUNG POPULATION SHOULD INCLUDE STRATEGIES TO DECREASE ARTERIAL STIFFNESS. CREDIT: ANDREW AGBAJE Arterial stiffness is a novel risk factor to be...
The stiffness of arteries is an important indicator of cardiovascular health, but this parameter is somewhat difficult to evaluate and requires a specialist to do it. And yet regular monitoring of arterial stiffness can help to monitor a variety of diseases or help in their diagnoses. Now researchers at University of Southern California (USC) have...
