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Sympathetic Regulation of Large Artery Stiffness in Humans With ISH

Description

Stiffening of your blood vessels, particularly the large vessels from your heart (called the aorta and carotids) you age contributes to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as heart attack and stroke. Nerve activity from your brain to your body also increases with advancing age but it is unknown if this nerve activity contributes directly to the stiffening on your blood vessels in older adults in addition to high blood pressure. Therefore, successful completion of the proposed aims will have a significant clinical impact by identifying if nerve activity from your brain could be a novel target for therapies that would lower stiffness of the aorta and carotid arteries in older adults.

Conditions

Hypertension, SystolicStiffness, Aortic
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Hypertension, SystolicStiffness, Aortic

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Study overview

Stiffening of your blood vessels, particularly the large vessels from your heart (called the aorta and carotids) you age contributes to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as heart attack and stroke. Nerve activity from your brain to your body also increases with advancing age but it is unknown if this nerve activity contributes directly to the stiffening on your blood vessels in older adults in addition to high blood pressure. Therefore, successful completion of the proposed aims will have a significant clinical impact by identifying if nerve activity from your brain could be a novel target for therapies that would lower stiffness of the aorta and carotid arteries in older adults.

Sympathetic Regulation of Large Artery Stiffness in Humans With Age-Related Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Sympathetic Regulation of Large Artery Stiffness in Humans With ISH

Condition
Hypertension, Systolic
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Iowa City

Amy Stroud, Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52240

Iowa City

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * age 60-85
  • * non-smoking
  • * clinically healthy
  • * untreated or treated stage 1 isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) (systolic BP 130-139 mmHg; diastolic BP \<90 mmHg) or stage 2 ISH (systolic BP 140-159 mmHg; diastolic BP \<90 mmHg) per 2017 AHA/ACC hypertension guidelines
  • * if subject is on antihypertensive medications, they will stop taking medication for a one-week washout period after Visit 1 before they return for Visit 2. They will come in at day 3 and day 7 of the one-week washout for a BP reading, to confirm that systolic BP is \<160 mmHg.
  • * no history of cardiovascular disease (e.g., myocardial infarction, bypass surgery, angioplasty/stent, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, pacemaker/defibrillator, peripheral artery disease), pulmonary disease, liver disease, Type I or II diabetes, cancer (treated by chemotherapy and/or radiation), psychiatric illness, on aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
  • * aspirin, NSAIDs, vitamins, herbal supplements, omega-3-fatty acids will have to discontinue for at least 1 week before participation and remain discontinued during the study.
  • * blood thinners, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), or PDE5 inhibitors will also be excluded.
  • * Women must be postmenopausal for at least 6 months (surgical or natural) and not currently on hormone replacement therapy.
  • * Subjects not on antihypertensive will not be eligible if their resting clinic systolic BP is \<130 mmHg or \>160 mmHg and diastolic BP \>90 mmHg.

Ages Eligible for Study

60 Years to 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Iowa,

Gary Pierce, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Iowa

Study Record Dates

2025-12-30