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ReviewHigh blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension2015

Interactions between macro- and micro-circulation: are they relevant?

Damiano Rizzoni, Carolina De Ciuceis, Massimo Salvetti, Anna Paini, Claudia Rossini, Claudia Agabiti-Rosei, Maria Lorenza Muiesan

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Review in High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Damiano RizzoniClinica Medica, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, c/o 2ª Medicina, Spedali Civili, 25100, Brescia, Italy, damiano.rizzoni@unibs.it.
Carolina De Ciuceis
Massimo Salvetti
Anna Paini
Claudia Rossini
Claudia Agabiti-Rosei
Maria Lorenza Muiesan
University of Brescia · ITBrescia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrovasculature, microvasculature, and the heart are the main determinants of the structure and function of the circulatory system. Due to viscoelastic properties of large arteries, the pulsatile pressure and flow that result from intermittent ventricular ejection are smoothed out, so that microvasculature mediates steadily the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to tissues. The disruption of this function, which occurs when microvascular structure develops, mainly in response to hypertension, leads to end-organ damage. Microvascular structure is not only the site of vascular resistance but probably also the origin of most of the wave reflections generating increased central systolic blood pressure in the elderly. Many data of the literature suggest that hypertension-related damage to the micro and macrovascular system may be corrected by pharmacological agents. Among them, β-blocking agents and diuretics have a negligible effect on microvascular structure, while renin-angiotensin system antagonists and calcium entry blockers have favorable actions, improving large artery mechanics and possibly reducing central wave reflections. Central pulse pressure, indicative of changes in large conduit arteries is an independent determinant of vascular remodelling in small resistance arteries and might represent a main target of antihypertensive treatment.

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Arterial PressureMicrocirculationAnimalsAntihypertensive AgentsArteriesHumansHypertensionTreatment OutcomeVascular ResistanceVascular StiffnessAntihypertensive Agents

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PMID25870123
OpenAlexW1966306917

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