Call for Papers Guest Editor: János Nemcsik Department of Family Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary email: nemcsik.janos [at] semmelweis.hu About the collection Cardiovascular (CV) diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in numerous countries worldwide. Vascular biomarkers of arterial stiffening evaluated with different devices are increasingly recognized as independent predictors of CV mortality. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the most accepted non-invasive arterial stiffness parameter and in Europe
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We are pleased to confirm that ARTERY24 full programme overview has been published! Registration is still open and there are still Exhibition Opportunities! Conference highlights Artery/VascAgeNet Roundtable on “Vascular ageing translation to practice: mind the gaps and follow the trends!” Friday morning. In person Artery/VascAgeNet WGs’ meetings at the upcoming Artery Society conference in Cardiff. Wednesday 9th October, 5-6 pm As a special tribute, the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award will
The final VascAgeNet Workshop and WG Meeting was a big success! Thanks to all 50 participants to come to our final meeting in Riga, Latvia at the Riga Stradins University. We had 41 great talks about presenting our achievements from the last 4.5 years (e.g., publications, outcomes from STSMs, ongoing activities) and three very fruitful sessions to plan and discuss future activities in the new VascAgeNet WGs under the umbrella
The second edition of the book “Early Vascular Aging (EVA): New Directions in Cardiovascular Protection, Second Edition” has been officially published! And it includes a chapter about the first 4 years of VascAgeNet 🙂 Please spread the word and check it out at: https://shop.elsevier.com/books/early-vascular-aging-eva/cunha/978-0-443-15512-3
2024 Recommendations for Validation of Noninvasive Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity Measurement Devices are published! And they are endorsed by the Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology (ARTERY), the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Large Arteries, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action VascAgeNet, North American Artery Society, ARTERY LATAM, Pulse of Asia, and Society for Arterial Stiffness—Germany-Austria-Switzerland (DeGAG). Please check the article here! And overview
We want to thank you for your participation in and contribution to VascAgeNet and its activities in 2023! We can be really proud of what we have achieved together – not just this year, but so far in VascAgeNet. We are happy to move on with all of you for the remaining months of VascAgeNet and thereafter in the newly created working groups under the umbrella of the Artery Society!
Exciting news! We are pleased to announce our latest animation: Vascular Ageing for Clinicians by RIVA Illustrations! Find further educational videos and a version with Spanish subtitles here!
The final call for STSMs is open now! Please apply! The STSM has to be performed before the end of April 2024. Find more information on STSMs here: https://vascagenet.eu/short-term-scientific-missions
Today marks 4 years of COST Action VascAgeNet! This word cloud represents key words our amazing members associate with us – a beautiful reflection of our shared values and goals! Thank you all for your dedication. Here’s to many more years of collaboration and friendship.
An important step for securing the sustainability of VascAgeNet, which ends in May 2024, were our discussions and negotiations with the Artery Society to integrate activities and working groups into the structures of the Artery Society (as informed earlier). Finally, the merge was finalized, documents signed and announced at the Artery 23 conference in the Annual Business Meeting of the Artery Society. So, we are happy to announce that our