Inflammation and arterial stiffness

Arterial stiffness is one of the earliest detectable manifestations of adverse structural and functional changes within the vessel wall. It is well known that increased large artery stiffness independently predicts the cardiovascular risk in a variety of populations. The identification of populations at higher risk of increased arterial stiffness and the knowledge of the mechanisms involved in arterial stiffening may help to identificate pharmacological and other treatments to reduce the arterial stiffness and improve the outcome of the patients. Recently, new advances have been proposed about the active role of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in arterial stiffening and early atherosclerosis. The aims of this thesis were to review the literature and to study, for the first time, the arterial stiffness in inflammatory bowel disease.

Grantor dc:publisher

Università degli studi di Catania

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• ZANOLI, LUCA MARIA

Contributors dc:contributor

• CASTELLINO, Pietro

• inflammation, pulse wave velocity, central blood pressure

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• license:PUBBLICO - Pubblico con Copyright
• license uri:iris.PUB02

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/594473

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.iris.unict.it:20.500.11769/594473