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Developing technologies to assess vascular ageing: a roadmap from VascAgeNet

  • Serena Zanelli
  • , Davide Agnoletti
  • , Jordi Alastruey
  • , John Allen
  • , Elisabetta Bianchini
  • , Vasiliki Bikia
  • , Pierre Boutouyrie
  • , Rosa Maria Bruno
  • , Rachel Climie
  • , Djammaleddine Djeldjli
  • , Eugenia Gkaliagkousi
  • , Alessandro Giudici
  • , Kristina Gopcevic
  • , Andrea Grillo
  • , Andrea Guala
  • , Bernhard Hametner
  • , Jayaraj Joseph
  • , Parmis Karimpour
  • , Vimarsha Kodithuwakku
  • , Panicos A Kyriacou
  • Antonios Lazaridis, Mai Tone Lønnebakken, Maria Raffaella Martina, Christopher Clemens Mayer, P M Nabeel, Petras Navickas, János Nemcsik, Stefan Orter, Chloe Park, Telmo Pereira, Giacomo Pucci, Ana Belen Amado Rey, Paolo Salvi, Ana Carolina Gonçalves Seabra, Ute Seeland, Thomas van Sloten, Bart Spronck, Gerard Stansby, Indra Steens, Thomas Stieglitz, Isabella Tan, Dave Veerasingham, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Thomas Weber, Berend E Westerhof, Peter H Charlton
  • Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
  • Axelife
  • University of Bologna
  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico Sant'Orsola
  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London
  • Coventry University
  • Newcastle University
  • CNR-IFC - National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology
  • Stanford University
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
  • Paris Cardiovascular Research Center (PARCC)
  • University of Tasmania
  • Université de Lorraine
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)
  • Maastricht University
  • University of Belgrade
  • University of Trieste
  • Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca
  • CIBER-CV, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • City St George's, University of London
  • Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
  • Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen
  • Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC)
  • Vilnius University
  • Semmelweis University
  • MRC Unit for lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London
  • Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)
  • University of Perugia
  • Internal Medicine Unit, “Santa Maria” Terni Hospital, Terni
  • Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering—IMTEK, IMBIT—NeuroProbes, BrainLinks-BrainTools Center, University of Freiburg
  • IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Milano
  • Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medicine Berlin
  • University Medical Center Utrecht
  • Macquarie University
  • Freeman Hospital
  • Bernstein Center Freiburg
  • The George Institute for Global Health
  • University Hospital Galway
  • Cardiology Department, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen
  • Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children’s Hospital
  • University of Cambridge

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Abstract

Vascular ageing (vascular ageing) is the deterioration of arterial structure and function which occurs naturally with age, and which can be accelerated with disease. Measurements of vascular ageing are emerging as markers of cardiovascular risk, with potential applications in disease diagnosis and prognosis, and for guiding treatments. However, vascular ageing is not yet routinely assessed in clinical practice. A key step towards this is the development of technologies to assess vascular ageing. In this Roadmap, experts discuss several aspects of this process, including: measurement technologies; the development pipeline; clinical applications; and future research directions. The Roadmap summarises the state of the art, outlines the major challenges to overcome, and identifies potential future research directions to address these challenges.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121001
Pages (from-to)1-89
Number of pages89
JournalPhysiological Measurement
Volume45
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Dec 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Research Field

  • Medical Signal Analysis

Keywords

  • Humans
  • Aging/physiology
  • Blood Vessels/physiology
  • ageing
  • arterial stiffness
  • blood pressure
  • cardiovascular
  • commercialisation
  • prevention
  • pulse wave velocity

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