Vascular Stiffness

"Vascular Stiffness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	G09.330.940
Concept/Terms	Vascular Stiffness Vascular Stiffness Stiffness, Vascular Vascular Stiffnesses Arterial Stiffness Arterial Stiffness Arterial Stiffnesses Stiffness, Arterial Aortic Stiffness Aortic Stiffness Aortic Stiffnesses Stiffness, Aortic

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Biological Sciences [G]
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena [G09]
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena [G09.330]
Vascular Stiffness [G09.330.940]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2012	1	1	2
2014	3	0	3
2015	2	0	2
2017	1	2	3
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	2	0	2
2021	2	1	3
2022	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1
2025	0	1	1

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Hamdani G, Urbina EM, Daniels SR, Falkner BE, Ferguson MA, Flynn JT, Hanevold CD, Ingelfinger JR, Khoury PR, Lande MB, Meyers KE, Samuels J, Mitsnefes M. Youth Blood Pressure and Target Organ Injury Markers: The SHIP AHOY Study. Hypertension. 2025 06; 82(6):992-1001.

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Wenner MM, Shenouda N, Shoemaker L, Kuczmarski A, Haigh K, Del Vecchio A, Schwab A, McGinty SJ, Edwards DG, Pohlig RT, Nuckols VR, DuBose L, Moreau KL. Characterizing vascular and hormonal changes in women across the life span: a cross-sectional analysis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 11 01; 327(5):H1286-H1295.

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Stock JM, Shenouda N, Chouramanis NV, Patik JC, Martens CR, Farquhar WB, Chirinos JA, Edwards DG. Effect of acute handgrip and aerobic exercise on wasted pressure effort and arterial wave reflections in healthy aging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 10 01; 325(4):H617-H628.

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Haley JE, Woodly SA, Daniels SR, Falkner B, Ferguson MA, Flynn JT, Hanevold CD, Hooper SR, Ingelfinger JR, Khoury PR, Lande MB, Martin LJ, Meyers KE, Mitsnefes M, Becker RC, Rosner BA, Samuels J, Tran AH, Urbina EM. Association of Blood Pressure-Related Increase in Vascular Stiffness on Other Measures of Target Organ Damage in Youth. Hypertension. 2022 09; 79(9):2042-2050.

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Shah AS, Gidding SS, El Ghormli L, Tryggestad JB, Nadeau KJ, Bacha F, Levitt Katz LE, Willi SM, Lima J, Urbina EM. Relationship between Arterial Stiffness and Subsequent Cardiac Structure and Function in Young Adults with Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the TODAY Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 06; 35(6):620-628.e4.

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Shah AS, El Ghormli L, Gidding SS, Hughan KS, Levitt Katz LE, Koren D, Tryggestad JB, Bacha F, Braffett BH, Arslanian S, Urbina EM. Longitudinal changes in vascular stiffness and heart rate variability among young adults with youth-onset type 2 diabetes: results from the follow-up observational treatment options for type 2 diabetes in adolescents and youth (TODAY) study. Acta Diabetol. 2022 Feb; 59(2):197-205.

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Kirkman DL, Robinson AT, Rossman MJ, Seals DR, Edwards DG. Mitochondrial contributions to vascular endothelial dysfunction, arterial stiffness, and cardiovascular diseases. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2021 05 01; 320(5):H2080-H2100.

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Shenouda N, Stock JM, Patik JC, Chirinos JA, Edwards DG. Personalized physiologic flow waveforms improve wave reflection estimates compared to triangular flow waveforms in adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2021 05 01; 320(5):H1802-H1812.

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DeLalio LJ, Hahn S, Katayama PL, Wenner MM, Farquhar WB, Straub AC, Stocker SD. Excessive dietary salt promotes aortic stiffness in murine renovascular hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 05 01; 318(5):H1346-H1355.

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Benny M, Hernandez DR, Sharma M, Yousefi K, Kulandavelu S, Batlahally S, Zambrano R, Chen P, Martinez EC, Schmidt AF, Shehadeh LA, Vasquez-Padron RI, Wu S, Velazquez OC, Young KC. Neonatal hyperoxia exposure induces aortic biomechanical alterations and cardiac dysfunction in juvenile rats. Physiol Rep. 2020 01; 8(1):e14334.

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