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    The Relationship Between Aortic Stiffness, Microvascular Disease in the Brain and Cognitive Decline: Insights into the Emerging Epidemic of Alzheimer’s Disease

    The leading current hypothesis of age-related dementia (Alzheimer’s disease) considers this a consequence of the beta-amyloid peptide or of the intracellular skeletal protein tau, causing breakdown of the cere...

    Angelo Scuteri MD, PhD in Blood Pressure and Arterial Wall Mechanics… (2014)

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    Decreased nocturnal systolic blood pressure fall in older subjects with depression

    Depressed subjects have a two-fold increased risk of CV events than non-depressed ones. Altered blood pressure (BP) circadian profile may be one mechanism underlying this association. We studied 135 elderly su...

    Angelo Scuteri MD, PhD, Gianfranco Spalletta in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2009)

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    Aortic correlates of clinical markers of large artery structure and function. Effects of aging and hypertension

    Background and aims: Non-invasive measures of large artery structure and function — such as aorto-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), arterial compliance (AC) and common carotid intima-media thick...

    Angelo Scuteri MD, PhD, Luca Sgorbini in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2006)

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    Age-related changes in cognitive domains. A population-based study

    Background and aims: The aim of the present study is to describe the effects of aging on various cognitive domains (global cognitive function, executive function, motor speed) in a population sam...

    Angelo Scuteri MD, PhD, Luigi Palmieri in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2005)