Are endothelial function and vascular response to mental stress impaired in patients with apical ballooning syndrome?
There is increased vascular reactivity and decreased endothelial function in response to acute mental stress in patients with a prior episode of ABS. The findings implicate vasomotor dysfunction as a potential mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of this unique cardiomyopathy.
Chemerin is strongly associated with markers of inflammation and components of the metabolic syndrome in hypertensive subjects and was independently associated with hypertension after adjustment for age, gender and metabolic risk factors.