Factor Study Recipient-related factors Increased age Barenbrock et al. (1998) [36] Ferro et al. (2002) [21] Bahous et al. (2004) [7] Bahous et al. (2006) [34] Delahousse et al. (2008)…
Fig. 24.1 Schematic of pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, based on current evidence. The decreased low-resistance shunting of maternal blood, due to a disruption of the maternal-fetal interface, at the placenta has…
Fig. 23.1 Flow chart for acute stroke management (Reproduced with permission from Goldstein [7]) 23.1.1.5 Thrombolysis Intravenous Fibrinolytic Therapy Intravenous fibrinolytic therapy for acute stroke is widely accepted. The US…
Fig. 17.1 Comparisons of (a) changes in carotid Young’s elastic modulus (cYEM), (b) changes in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and (c) baseline and follow-up body mass index (BMI), between…
1. Primary renal parenchymal disorders 2. Diabetic kidney disease 3. Hypertension 4. Infections 5. Tumors of the kidney and renal pelvis 6. Renal arterial aging The present chapter is a…
Fig. 14.1 Normal values for pulse wave velocity (c-f PWV): average according to age (1,455 healthy, normotensive subjects). Boxes contain 50 % of the data and bars contain the remainder…
Fig. 11.1 Osteochondrogenic BMP- Msx2-Wnt signaling in arterial calcifications Molecular imaging in vivo has demonstrated inflammation-associated osteogenesis in early stages of atherosclerosis [38], confirming the role of inflammation in triggering…
Fig. 8.1 Proposed the interaction of metabolic risk factors, adaptive metabolic response, and AD in CRS. Risk factors for AD such as hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, fructose, and uric acid…
Fig. 5.1 Remodeling of small arteries and arterioles in hypertension is inward (smaller lumen) and could be eutrophic, with no increase in the media cross-sectional area despite a thickened media…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Adel Berbari and Giuseppe Mancia (eds.)Arterial Disorders10.1007/978-3-319-14556-3_1 1. Definition and Epidemiology of Arterial Disease Reza Aghamohammadzadeh1 , Danielle Ormandy2 and Anthony M. Heagerty1 (1) Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester,…
