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The YVC is a global research consortium investigating vascular ageing in youth, led by researchers from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. www.youthvascularconsortium.com

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Congratulations to Vimarsha Kodithuwakku who gave her final PhD seminar today! Vimarsha's project has focused on understanding vascular ageing in youth, primarily using data from the Youth Vascular Consortium. Her research is already making a big impact! ❀️

06.11.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting Editorial in the Journal of Hypertension on our recently published consensus documents πŸ‘‡

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06.10.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Defining early vascular aging in youth: an expert consensus ... : Journal of Hypertension he early life biological and environmental risk factors that precede overt EVA. During early infancy, childhood and/or adolescence, structural and/or functional characteristics of the macrovascular an...

Our recent consensus paper on how to define early vascular ageing in youth has recently been published πŸ‘‡

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06.08.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
American Heart Association Journals

Our paper "Establishing reference values for PWV in young people" is now out! In this paper, we provide global reference values from over >19,000 individuals. Take a read! πŸ‘‡

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19.06.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Youth Vascular Consortium (YVC) Protocol: Establishing Reference Intervals for Vascular Ageing in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults - PubMed To date, 31 research groups from 19 countries have joined the YVC. To our knowledge, this will be the largest study of its kind to investigate vascular ageing in youth.

If you are interested in knowing more about the YVC, our protocol paper is published here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34274229/

01.04.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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