Alberto Avolio

Central aortic blood pressure and cardiovascular risk: a paradigm shift?

Baroreflex function: improved characterization by use of central vascular parameters compared with peripheral pressure.

Methods and devices for measuring arterial compliance in humans.

Arterial pulse wave velocity and heart rate.

The finger volume pulse and assessment of arterial properties.

Salt sensitivity and arterial structure and function.

Effects of ventricular premature stimulus coupling interval on blood pressure and heart rate turbulence.

Assessment of central arterial pressure?

Applicability and benefit of arterial transfer functions.

On tubes, strings, and resonance in the arterial system--what makes the beat go on?

Aldosterone antagonism and arterial stiffness.

Pulse pressure and inflammatory markers.

Use of arterial transfer function for the derivation of aortic waveform characteristics.

Nebivolol increases arterial distensibility in vivo.

Use of arterial transfer functions for the derivation of central aortic waveform characteristics in subjects with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Quantification of wave reflection in the human aorta from pressure alone: a proof of principle.

Arterial transfer functions: background, applications and reservations.

Determination of aortic pulse wave velocity from waveform decomposition of the central aortic pressure pulse.

Flow-mediated dilatation as a biomarker for cardiovascular risk in hypertension.

Long-term pressure monitoring with arterial applanation tonometry: a non-invasive alternative during clinical intervention?

Input impedance of distributed arterial structures as used in investigations of underlying concepts in arterial haemodynamics.

Arterial hemodynamics and wave analysis in the frequency and time domains: an evaluation of the paradigms.

Role of pulse pressure amplification in arterial hypertension: experts' opinion and review of the data.

Validity and repeatability of the Vicorder apparatus: a comparison with the SphygmoCor device.

Arterial blood pressure measurement and pulse wave analysis--their role in enhancing cardiovascular assessment.

Hemodynamic models of cerebral aneurysms for assessment of effect of vessel geometry on risk of rupture.

Changes in the central arterial pressure pulse with aging.

The relationship of age with regional aortic stiffness and diameter.

Dynamic association between intraocular pressure and spontaneous pulsations of retinal veins.

Weight loss, blood pressure reduction, and aortic stiffness: an old dilemma revisited.

Reflecting on posture.

Aortic stiffness is associated with vascular calcification and remodeling in a chronic kidney disease rat model.

Central blood pressure, arterial waveform analysis, and vascular risk factors in glaucoma.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor limits pulse-wave velocity and aortic calcification in a rat model of cystic renal disease.

Minimising retinal vessel artefacts in optical coherence tomography images.

Spontaneous retinal venous pulsatility in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease.

Reflections on determinants of augmentation index.

Effects of pressure-dependent segmental arterial compliance and postural changes on pulse wave transmission in an arterial model of the human upper limb.

Estimation of central aortic systolic pressure using late systolic inflection of radial artery pulse and its application to vasodilator therapy.

Non-invasive estimation of cerebrospinal fluid pressure waveforms by means of retinal venous pulsatility and central aortic blood pressure.

Heart rate dependence of aortic pulse wave velocity at different arterial pressures in rats.

Effect of vitamin D on aortic remodeling in streptozotocin-induced diabetes.

Is obstructive sleep apnoea causally related to arterial stiffness? A critical review of the experimental evidence.

Determination of central blood pressure by a noninvasive method (brachial BP and QKD interval).

Persistent effect of early, brief angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on segmental pressure dependency of aortic stiffness in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Hemodynamic interactions in the eye: a review.

Critical closing pressure determined with a model of cerebrovascular impedance.

Reflections on systolic and diastolic augmentation.

Improvements on cuff measurement of arterial pressure: more cuffs!

Simulation of reduction of proximal aortic stiffness by an elastic wrap and effects on pulse pressure.

Estimation of central aortic pressure waveform features derived from the brachial cuff volume displacement waveform.

Visualization of orbital flow by means of phase contrast MRI.

Non-invasive cerebrospinal fluid pressure estimation using multi-layer perceptron neural networks.

Frequency dependent transmission characteristics between arterial blood pressure and intracranial pressure in rats.

Assessment of hemodynamic load components affecting optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy by lumped parameter mode.

Haemoglobin: subtle scavenger of nitric oxide and modulator of retinal blood flow.

Critical closing pressure during intracranial pressure plateau waves.

Development of image segmentation methods for intracranial aneurysms.

Evaluation of suction detection during different pumping states in an implantable rotary blood pump.

A combination of genetic, molecular and haemodynamic risk factors contributes to the formation, enlargement and rupture of brain aneurysms.

Heart rate variability and stroke: strange attractors with loss of complexity.

Increased tissue transglutaminase activity contributes to central vascular stiffness in eNOS knockout mice.

Determination of central blood pressure by a noninvasive method (brachial blood pressure and QKD interval): a noninvasive validation.

Central aortic blood pressure and management of hypertension: confirmation of a paradigm shift?

Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity assessment using novel cuff-based techniques: comparison with tonometric measurement.

Application of cardiovascular models in comparative physiology and blood pressure variability.

Lumped parameter model of cardiovascular-respiratory interaction.

Effect of large arteries on blood pressure variability.

Importance of pressure pulse amplification in the association of resting heart rate and arterial stiffness.

Characterizing dynamic properties of retinal vessels in the rat eye using high speed imaging.

Robust aortic valve non-opening detection for different cardiac conditions.

Image segmentation methods for intracranial aneurysm haemodynamic research.

Inhibition of glycosphingolipid synthesis ameliorates atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness in apolipoprotein E-/- mice and rabbits fed a high-fat and -cholesterol diet.

Exercise, vascular stiffness, and tissue transglutaminase.

Opposing changes in thoracic and abdominal aortic biomechanical properties in rodent models of vascular calcification and hypertension.

Angiotensin II receptor blocker telmisartan attenuates aortic stiffening and remodelling in STZ-diabetic rats.

A growth model of saccular aneurysms based on hemodynamic and morphologic discriminant parameters for risk of rupture.