... Proinflammation Arterial remodeling Arterial stiffening Aging is a major risk factor for the morbidity and mortality caused by cardiovascular disease. Systemic aging is defined as an age-related decline in physiological function primarily driven by chronic exposure to low levels of sterile inflammation...

... vasodilatory agents [ 9,10 ]. In addition to a better antihypertensive effect, VPi may add to the structural and functional cardiovascular protection shown by classic ACE inhibitors (ACEi) [ 9,10 ]. CRI-related arterial remodeling results in the dilatation and hypertrophy of the large conduit arteries [ 4...

... injury of the rat carotid artery adventitia by mechanisms involving proteolysis. Adventitial myofibroblasts Arterial remodeling Urokinase Recent data suggest that adventitia and perivascular tissue surrounding the artery are actively involved in vascular remodeling in a number...

...-flow arterial remodeling may be involved in determining CA susceptibility. Some aspects of this remodeling were compared in LE and BN rats after creation of an abdominal aortocaval fistula (ACF). Methods and Results: At 4 days with ACF, aortic luminal cross-sectional area (LCSA) determined...

...Joost P.G. Sluijter; Mirjam B. Smeets; Evelyn Velema; Gerard Pasterkamp; Dominique P.V. de Kleijn Background: Degradation and synthesis of collagen are common features in arterial geometrical remodeling. Previous studies described an association between arterial remodeling and an increase...

...Gerard Pasterkamp; Peter F. Fitzgerald; Dominique P.V. de Kleijn Geometric arterial remodeling is an important determinant of luminal narrowing in atherosclerotic disease. Expansive remodeling retards while constrictive remodeling accelerates luminal narrowing by plaque formation. Cross-sectional...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Collateral Arterial growth Arterial remodeling Wall shear Intima Media Resistance artery Although collateral development is commonly associated with ischemia [ 1, 2, 3 ], we have recently demonstrated that collateral...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 6 2 1998 Zero-stress state Residual stress Opening angle Saphenous artery Arterial remodeling...