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Laurence Guy Howes, Tanya Unni, Ameer Hamza, Jan B. Howes, Rohan Jayasinghe, Anna Kablak-Ziembicka, Mark Butlin
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
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Summary: Cardio-renal and metabolic modifications during gestation have significant implications for fetal and maternal health, particularly in the prevention of conditions such as hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, and diabetes in pregnant women through early arterial function assessment and individualized measures.
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Summary: This study compared the reversal of arterial stiffness in surgically and medically treated PA patients and identified predictors of effective medical treatment. The findings showed that adrenalectomy and medically treated PA patients with unsuppressed plasma renin activity (PRA) had an improvement in arterial stiffness.
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Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Peter H. Charlton, Birute Paliakait, Kristjan Pilt, Martin Bachler, Serena Zanelli, Daniel Kulin, John Allen, Magid Hallab, Elisabetta Bianchini, Christopher C. Mayer, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Verena Dittrich, Bernhard Hametner, Dave Veerasingam, Dejan Zikic, Vaidotas Marozas
Summary: This review summarizes the research on assessing vascular age using the photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal. The methods can be divided into those using a single PPG signal, those using multiple PPG signals, and those using PPG in combination with other signals. The review presents evidence on the performance, repeatability and reproducibility, and clinical utility of PPG-derived parameters for assessing vascular age.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
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Ryan J. Pewowaruk, Claudia Korcarz, James H. Stein, David Bluemke, Yacob Tedla, Adam D. Gepner
Summary: This study compared the associations of several arterial stiffness calculations in a large, multiethnic cohort and found that different methods of calculating local arterial stiffness largely gave equivalent results, indicating that the variety of different arterial stiffness calculations in use do not cause inconsistent findings.
JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
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