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SUBMITTER: Torjesen AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4162768 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Torjesen Alyssa A AA Sigurðsson Sigurður S Westenberg Jos J M JJ Gotal John D JD Bell Vanessa V Aspelund Thor T Launer Lenore J LJ de Roos Albert A Gudnason Vilmundur V Harris Tamara B TB Mitchell Gary F GF
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20140714 4
High pulse pressure, a major cardiovascular risk factor, has been attributed to medial elastic fiber degeneration and aortic dilation, which transfers hemodynamic load to stiffer collagen. However, recent studies suggest higher pulse pressure is instead associated with smaller aortic diameter. Thus, we sought to elucidate relations of pulse pressure with aortic stiffness and aortic and cardiac dimensions. We used magnetic resonance imaging to examine relationships of pulse pressure with lumen ar ...[more]