Silja Majahalme

TL;DR: Low HR variability analyzed from ambulatory ECG predicts rapid progression of coronary artery disease, and progression of focal coronary atherosclerosis was independently predicted by the SDNN.

TL;DR: An increased HR is a long-term predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with high-risk hypertension and this effect was not modified by good blood pressure control.

TL;DR: Despite lower absolute event rates in monotherapy patients, the relative risks of heart failure and new-onset diabetes favored valsartan, and these findings support the feasibility of comparative prospective trials in lower-risk hypertensive patients.

TL;DR: Data is presented to indicate that several haemodynamic changes in hypertension such as elevated cardiac output and heart rate and alteration in vascular resistance are neurogenic, and a hypothesis where down-regulation of β-adrenergic responsiveness plays a major role in explaining the haemodynamics changes as well as metabolic alterations, such as hyperinsulinaemia and even the gain of weight in hypertension is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured by measuring the time difference of systolic pulse waves in arteries from the aortic arch to the popliteal artery using whole-body impedance cardiography (ICG).