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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023

Association of arterial stiffness with a prothrombotic state in uncomplicated nondiabetic hypertensive patients.

Gabriele Brosolo, Andrea Da Porto, Luca Bulfone, Antonio Vacca, Nicole Bertin, Cinzia Vivarelli, Leonardo A Sechi, Cristiana Catena

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Lipoprotein(a): Just an Innocent Bystander in Arterial Hypertension?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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8 authors.

Gabriele BrosoloInternal Medicine and European Hypertension Excellence Center, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Andrea Da PortoDiabetes and Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Luca BulfoneInternal Medicine and European Hypertension Excellence Center, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Antonio VaccaInternal Medicine and European Hypertension Excellence Center, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Nicole BertinThrombosis and Hemostasis Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Cinzia VivarelliInternal Medicine and European Hypertension Excellence Center, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Leonardo A SechiInternal Medicine and European Hypertension Excellence Center, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Cristiana CatenaInternal Medicine and European Hypertension Excellence Center, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and aims: Past studies reported a significant contribution of a prothrombotic state to the development and progression of target organ damage in hypertensive patients. Stiffening of arterial vessels is associated with aging and hypertension, and additional factors could contribute to this process. This study was designed to examine the relationships between arterial stiffening and the hemostatic and fibrinolytic system. Methods: In 128 middle-aged, nondiabetic, essential hypertensive patients without major cardiovascular and renal complications, we measured coagulation markers that express the spontaneous activation of the hemostatic and fibrinolytic system and assessed stiffness of the arterial tree by measurement of the carotid/femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and pulse wave analysis with calculation of the brachial augmentation index (AIx). Results: Levels of fibrinogen (FBG), D-dimer (D-d), and plasminogen activator-inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) were significantly higher in patients with PWV and AIx above the median of the distribution. FBG, D-d, and PAI-1 were significantly and directly related with both cfPWV and AIx, and multivariate regression analysis indicated that the relationships of D-d and PAI-1 with both cfPWV and AIx and of FBG with AIx, were independent of age, body mass index, severity and duration of hypertension, use of antihypertensive drugs, blood glucose, and plasma lipids. Conclusion: In middle-aged, uncomplicated, nondiabetic patients with essential hypertension, spontaneous activation of plasma hemostatic cascade and impaired fibrinolysis is significantly and independently associated with stiffening of the arterial tree.

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augmentation indexcoagulationD-dimerfibrinogenplasminogen activator-inhibitor 1pulse-wave velocity

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PMCPMC9988910

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