Cardiology Letters, 2013 (vol. 22), issue 1
Original article
Effect of blood pressure on carotid stiffness and ventricular-arterial coupling
©kultétyová D, Filipová S, Chňupa P
Cardiology Letters 2013, 22(1):20-27 
Ultrasonography combined with echo-tracking system on common carotid artery (CCA) allows analysis of local arterial stiffness and the ventricular-arterial coupling using wave intensity analysis (WI). The aim of the study was: 1) to compare the parameters of carotid stiffness (CT) and WI in the hypertensive group (AH group) and in the control group (C group); 2) to analyse the relationships between office systolic blood pressure (BP), office pulse pressure (PP) and the parameters of CT and WI; 3) to analyse the relationships of systolic BP and PP (24-hour BP monitoring, ABPM) with the parameters of CT and WI. Results: The stiffness parameters on CCA...
Review
Renal denervation in resistant hypertension: revolution in therapy or blind alley?
Widimský P, Touąek P, Osmančík P, Čurila K, Rosa J, Widimský J2 jr.
Cardiology Letters 2013, 22(1):28-31
The article takes an overview of the collected facts regarding prospective methods for the treatment of resistant hypertension: cathether-based renal denervation. Futher the PRAGUE 15 design study is presented and the current position of renal denervation in cardiology is discused.