Background A decreased cardiac compliance is a major feature of the cardiomyopathy of
diabetes mellitus. Either an increase in the resistance afterload to the LV or an increase in …

Objective: To assess whether the variable impact of quantitative changes in myocardial
collagen on left ventricular (LV) diastolic myocardial stiffness (myocardial k) and remodelling (…

Objectives : We sought to explore the relative contributions of ventricular remodeling and
myocardial dysfunction to heart failure in pressure overload hypertrophy (POH). Background : …

Background As it is uncertain whether excess adiposity promotes primarily concentric or
eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), we aimed to determine at a population level, the …

Data regarding ethnic differences in wave reflections, which markedly affect the central
pressure profile, are very limited. Furthermore, because age, heart rate, and body height are …

Aim To determine whether high-quality nurse-recorded auscultatory blood pressure (BP)
values obtained at a single visit predict cardiovascular target organ changes as closely as …

Although central pulse pressure (PPc) is strongly related to central mean arterial pressure (MAPc),
PPc predicts cardiovascular outcomes beyond MAPc. Whether modifiable risk factors …

Background: Measurements of blood pressure (BP) together with applanation tonometry at
the radial and femoral arteries allow for reproducible assessments of various indexes of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether nontraditional risk factors increase the accuracy of
predicting the presence of carotid artery plaque based on traditional cardiovascular risk factors …

The detection of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is recommended for risk prediction, and
changes in LV geometry may provide further prognostic information. Obesity is a major …