Blood Pressure and Arterial Wall Mechanics in Cardiovascular Diseases

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Arterial Stiffness, Wave Reflection, Wave Amplification: Basic Concepts, Principles of Measurement and Analysis in Humans
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   Chapter 2 Large Arteries, Microcirculation, and Mechanisms of Hypertension
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   Chapter 3 Direct Measurement of Local Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure
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   Chapter 4 Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Mechanism of Wave Reflections
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   Chapter 5 Determination of Systemic and Regional Arterial Structure and Function
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   Chapter 6 Animal Models for Studies of Arterial Stiffness
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   Chapter 7 Elastin, Calcium and Age-Related Stiffening of the Arterial Wall
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   Chapter 8 Genetic and Cellular Aspects of Arterial Stiffness
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    Chapter 9 Mechanical Stress and the Arterial Wall
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    Chapter 10 Pulsatile Stress, Arterial Stiffness, and Endothelial Function
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    Chapter 11 Hypoxia, Arterial Blood Pressure, and Microcirculation
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    Chapter 12 The Reality of Aging Viewed from the Arterial Wall
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    Chapter 13 Emerging Aspects of Angiotensin Biology and Their Potential Role in the Vasculature
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    Chapter 14 Arterial Stiffness and the Sympathetic Nervous System
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    Chapter 15 Oxidative Stress and Hypertension
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    Chapter 16 Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
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    Chapter 17 Structural Alterations in Arterial Stiffness: Role of Arterial Fibrosis
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    Chapter 18 Salt and Multiorgan Damage in Hypertension: Vascular Stiffening and Cardiorenal Structural Dysfunction Responses
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    Chapter 19 Preventive Lessons from Hypertension and Myocardial Infarction: Treating Asymptomatic Individuals to Lower the Risk for Subsequent Cardiovascular Events
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    Chapter 20 Value of Brachial and Central Blood Pressure for Predicting Cardiovascular Events
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    Chapter 21 Predictive Value of Arterial Stiffness for Cardiovascular Events
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    Chapter 22 Heart Rate, Synchrony and Arterial Hemodynamics
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    Chapter 23 Pulse Pressure Amplification and Arterial Stiffness in Middle Age
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    Chapter 24 Arterial Stiffness, Central Blood Pressure and Cardiac Remodelling: From Cardiac Hypertrophy to Heart Failure
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    Chapter 25 The Relationship Between Aortic Stiffness, Microvascular Disease in the Brain and Cognitive Decline: Insights into the Emerging Epidemic of Alzheimer’s Disease
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    Chapter 26 Arterial Stiffness and Risk in Various Cardiovascular Diseases
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    Chapter 27 Large Artery Remodeling and Chronic Kidney Disease
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    Chapter 28 Arterial Changes in Renal Transplantation
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    Chapter 29 Arterial Stiffness, Central Blood Pressure and Coronary Heart Disease
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    Chapter 30 Modifications of Blood Pressure Profiles in the Very Old: Role of Frailty and Comorbidities
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    Chapter 31 Arterial Stiffness and Amplification in the Very Old
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    Chapter 32 Hypertension in Men and Women: Is It Different?
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    Chapter 33 Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Smoking
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    Chapter 34 Glucose, Insulin and Potential Strategies of Vascular Stiffening
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    Chapter 35 Arterial Stiffness in Chronic Inflammation
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    Chapter 36 Outcome-Driven Thresholds for Pulse Pressure on Office and Out-of-the-Office Blood Pressure Measurement
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    Chapter 37 Properties of Central Arteries in Populations of Different Ethnicity: Ethnicity and Central Arteries
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    Chapter 38 Changing Concepts on the Role of Blood Pressure Reduction in Stroke Prevention with the Focus on β-Blocking Agents
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    Chapter 39 Decreasing Arterial Stiffness and/or Wave Reflections Independently of Mean Arterial Pressure: Effect of Antihypertensive Drugs (Part 1)
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    Chapter 40 Decreasing Arterial Stiffness and/or Wave Reflections Independently of Mean Arterial Pressure: Effect of Non-antihypertensive Drugs (Part 2)
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    Chapter 41 Blood Pressure Variability: Measurements, Influential Factors, Prognosis and Therapy
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    Chapter 42 Nitrate: The Ideal Drug Action for Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Elderly?
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    Chapter 43 De-stiffening Strategy, Sodium Balance, and Blockade of the Renin–Angiotensin System
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    Chapter 44 Long-Term Effects of Calcium Channel Blockers on Central and Peripheral Arteries
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    Chapter 45 Exercise Training for the Modification of Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflections