Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Arteries

Arteries are the muscular, elastic blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the tissues, structured in three layers, the intima, media, and adventitia, with the media's smooth muscle and elastic fibres enabling them to withstand and modulate pulsatile pressure and to regulate regional blood flow through…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 31× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2329-9487 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Arteries are the muscular, elastic blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the tissues, structured in three layers, the intima, media, and adventitia, with the media's smooth muscle and elastic fibres enabling them to withstand and modulate pulsatile pressure and to regulate regional blood flow through vasoconstriction and vasodilation. Arterial structure and function are central to Hypertension and Cardiology, since chronically elevated pressure damages the arterial wall, promotes intima-media thickening, and accelerates atherosclerosis, the lipid-driven inflammatory process underlying coronary, cerebral, and peripheral arterial disease. Research in this area examines coronary anatomy and its variations, the localization of disease in angina-related and multivessel coronary disease, aneurysmal degeneration such as abdominal aortic aneurysm, the modelling of low-density-lipoprotein deposition within coronary geometry, and the role of regulatory molecules including microRNAs in vascular pathology and hypertension. Endothelial function, vascular ageing, and cerebrovascular reactivity further connect arterial biology to systemic cardiovascular and metabolic risk, including the long-term vascular consequences of early-life factors. Diagnostic and interventional approaches centre on imaging of arterial caliber and patency and on revascularization. This topic assembles peer-reviewed research relevant to arterial structure, atherosclerosis and aneurysm, coronary disease, and the vascular mechanisms through which hypertension contributes to cardiovascular morbidity.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 31 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hypertension and Cardiology (ISSN 2329-9487).

Journal editorial board
Hatori Nobuo · Japan Gregor Leibundgut · Switzerland Yuejin Li · United States

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