Cardiovascular Prevention in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. A Call-to-Action of the Italian Societies of Pediatrics (SIP), Hypertension (SIIA), Study of Atherosclerosis (SISA), and Cardiovascular Prevention (SIPREC)

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/s40292-025-00773-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs), primarily driven by atherosclerosis, remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide and represent a major healthcare burden. Mounting evid

S Simonetta Genovesi

Association Between Metabolic Syndrome Components, Clinical Characteristics, and Telomere Length: Factor Analysis of Mixed Data Based Cluster Analysis of LIPIDOGEN2015 Cross-Sectional Study

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/s40292-025-00753-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Telomere length is an acclaimed marker of aging, which has been previously shown to correlate with cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome traits.AIM: To identify the rel

T Tadeusz Osadnik

Inflammaging and Cardiovascular Risk in Old Women

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/s40292-025-00758-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInflammaging is a chronic, low-grade inflammation that accompanies aging and contributes to the development of age-related diseases. Recent research has increasingly focused on its impact in

F Federica Moscucci

Dapagliflozin Reduces Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index in CKD Patients with and Without Diabetes Independently of Blood Pressure Control: Results from the GLUcose Transport and Renal PROtection in Chronic Kidney Disease (GLUTREPRO) Trial

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/s40292-025-00764-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) confer cardiovascular and renal protection, but their impact on blood pressure (BP) and vascular stiffness in chronic kidney d

E Elisa Russo

Hospitalizations for cardiovascular events and risk for all cause and cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation treated with oral anticoagulants: beyond preventing thromboembolism

BMC Geriatr. 2025 Dec 9;25(1):1007. doi: 10.1186/s12877-025-06733-8.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at increased risk of death, despite oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment. We estimated the risk of all cause and cardiovascular (CV) death associated with hospital

M Matteo Candeloro

A novel classification of the basilar artery bifurcation height and the impact of fetal-type posterior cerebral artery: a radioanatomical study with implications for neurosurgical planning

Surg Radiol Anat. 2025 Dec 9;48(1):21. doi: 10.1007/s00276-025-03790-x.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: The vertical location of the basilar artery bifurcation (BAB) is a crucial factor in determining the best surgical approach for basilar tip (BAT) aneurysms. Although anatomical variants, such as the fetal-type po

G George Triantafyllou