Cardiovascular, perceptual, and performance responses to single- vs. multi-chambered blood flow restriction cuffs by Nicholas Rolnick, Nicholas Rolnick, Nicholas Rolnick, Victor S. de Queiros, Masoud Moghaddam, Evan Peikon, Susannah Taylor, Samantha Watson, Campbell Ruffhead, Sean Zupnik, Tim Werner

“…Per set repetition volumes were similar on set 1 between SC-BFR (p < 0.001) and MC-BFR (p = 0.001) and were lower than N-BFR (p ≤ 0.001) whereas in sets 2–4, MC-BFR performed similar number of repetitions as N-BFR (p = 0.984–1.000).ConclusionBladder design of a BFR cuff has an impact on the acute responses to exercise if applied according to recommended application guidelines, as SC-BFR impacts performance to a greater degree and mitigates post-exercise arterial stiffness responses compared to MC-BFR and N-BFR while both BFR conditions display greater levels of discomfort compared to N-BFR. …”
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Pro-ferroptotic signaling promotes arterial aging via vascular smooth muscle cell senescence by Di-Yang Sun, Wen-Bin Wu, Jian-Jin Wu, Yu Shi, Jia-Jun Xu, Shen-Xi Ouyang, Chen Chi, Yi Shi, Qing-Xin Ji, Jin-Hao Miao, Jiang-Tao Fu, Jie Tong, Ping-Ping Zhang, Jia-Bao Zhang, Zhi-Yong Li, Le-Feng Qu, Fu-Ming Shen, Dong-Jie Li, Pei Wang

“…Finally, the activated pro-ferroptotic signaling correlates with arterial stiffness in a human proof-of-concept study. These findings have significant implications for future therapeutic strategies aiming to eliminate vascular ferroptosis in senescence- or aging-associated cardiovascular diseases.…”
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Gestational diabetes mellitus and offspring’s carotid intima–media thickness at birth: MySweetHeart Cohort study by Umberto Simeoni, Antje Horsch, Arnaud Chiolero, Yvan Vial, Nicole Sekarski, Jardena J Puder, Pascal Bovet, Stefano Di Bernardo, Yvan Mivelaz, Adina Mihaela Epure, Sandrine Estoppey Younes, Bobby Stuijfzand, Leah Gilbert, Stefano Lanzi, Justine Gross, Stefano Di Bernardo, Dan Quansah, Jean-Benoît Rossel, Amar Arhab, Sandrine Estoppey Younes, Seyda Mayerat

“…A longer-term follow-up that includes additional vascular measures, such as endothelial function or arterial stiffness, may shed further light on the cardiovascular health trajectories in children born to mothers with GDM.Trial registration number NCT02872974; Pre-results.…”
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VASCULAR WALL RIGIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH DEGENERATIVE AORTIC STENOSIS BEFORE AND AFTER AORTIC VALVE SURGICAL PROSTHESIS by Alexandra Sergeevna Tsvetkova, Konstantin Viktorovich Protasov, Vyacheslav Igorevich Batekha, Evgeny Valerievich Peshkov, Yuri Vsevolodovich Zheltovsky

“…So far, the focus has been on evaluating the valve itself, while increasing aortic stiffness increases the load on the left ventricle, contributing to greater impairment of cardiovascular function. Arterial stiffness is a well-established predictor of cardiovascular complications.Objective: To evaluate the dynamics of aortic stiffness in patients with degenerative aortic stenosis against the background of surgical correction of the defect.Material and methods. …”
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Saving Legs & Lives: the efficacy of a community-based cardiovascular rehabilitation programme versus usual care on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients who have under... by Norman Morris, Tony Stanton, Tuppence Richman, Kim Greaves, Jill O’Donnell, Krist Feka, Pankaj Jha, Michelle Aust, Joseph J. Scott, Mia Schaumberg, Christopher D. Askew, Saving Legs & Lives Trial Group, Fraser D. Russell, Meegan A. Walker, Mathew J. Summers, Karl Schulze, Rebecca J. Magee, Daniel McGlade, Vivienne Moult, Amanda Shepherd, Michael D. Shanahan, Caitlin Coppock, Helen J. Rodgers, Ashley R. Samarasinghe, Damien P. Kerley, Lisa M. Polowyi

“…Exploratory outcomes include brachial artery flow-mediated dilation, arterial stiffness, ankle-brachial blood pressure index and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk. …”
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Short- and long-term effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on autonomic cardiovascular control and arm-crank exercise capacity in individuals with a spinal cord injury... by Samuel J E Lucas, Tom E Nightingale, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Shin-Yi Chiou, Alex J Wadley, Rebekah A I Lucas, Daniel D Hodgkiss, Shane J T Balthazaar, Joseph F Welch, Phoebe A Cox

“…Secondary outcomes for AIM 2 include cardiometabolic health biomarkers, cardiac function, arterial stiffness, 24-hour blood pressure lability, energy expenditure, respiratory function, neural drive to respiratory muscles, seated balance and HRQoL (eg, bowel, bladder and sexual function). …”
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Pacientes hipertensos muestran una mayor respuesta de la frecuencia cardíaca durante el ejercicio progre-sivo en relación con pares adultos normotensos: PROYECTO VASCU-HEALTH (Hype... by Cristian Alvarez, Christian Campos-Jara, Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac, Guilherme Vega-Guimaraes, Omar Andrade-Mayorga, Johnattan Cano-Montoya, David C. Andrade, Pedro Delgado-Floody, Alicia Alonso-Martínez, Mikel Izquierdo, Igor Cigarroa

“…HTN group showed a higher arterial stiffness by %ILEPWVba classification and arterial age estimation than the CG group. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based, non-invasive assessment of the central aortic pressure in adults after operative or interventional treatment of aortic coarctation by Renate Oberhoffer, Peter Ewert, Harald Kaemmerer, Nicole Nagdyman, Oliver Dewald, Frank Klawonn, Michael Huntgeburth, Andreas Eicken, Christian Meierhofer, Sebastian Freilinger, Martin Middeke, Pinar Bambul Heck, Annika Freiberger, Frank Harig, Manuel Lösch, Fritz Mellert, Fabian von Scheidt, Elsa Ury, Nicole Wolfrum, Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer-Suleiman, Mathieu N. Suleiman

“…An increased augmentation index as an indicator of arterial stiffness was observed in nine patients (19.1%). …”
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Relation of JAK2 V617F allele burden and coronary calcium score in patients with essential thrombocythemia by Drofenik Ajda, Blinc Ales, Bozic Mijovski Mojca, Pajic Tadej, Vrtovec Matjaz, Sever Matjaz

“…We previously reported that carotid artery stiffness progressed faster in patients with JAK2 positive essential thromocythemia (ET) patients. …”
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