"Vascular Stiffness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Loss of vascular ELASTICITY due to factors such as AGING; and ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Increased arterial stiffness is one of the RISK FACTORS for many CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.
| Descriptor ID |
D059289
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.330.940
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vascular Stiffness" by people in Profiles.
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Imga NN, Elalmis OU, Tuna MM, Dogan BA, Sahin D, Gursoy T, Yalcin Y, Berker D, Guler S. Comparison of echocardiographic findings in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2017 Jun; 33(6):295-301.
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McCulloch MA, Mauras N, Canas JA, Hossain J, Sikes KM, Damaso LC, Redheuil A, Ross JL, Gidding SS. Magnetic resonance imaging measures of decreased aortic strain and distensibility are proportionate to insulin resistance in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pediatr Diabetes. 2015 Mar; 16(2):90-7.
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Hughes TM, Althouse AD, Niemczyk NA, Hawkins MS, Kuipers AL, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Effects of weight loss and insulin reduction on arterial stiffness in the SAVE trial. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2012 Sep 22; 11:114.