(Sept. 21) – The American Heart Association will award this evening in Washington the prize for the best clinical work, basic research and science of population published in 2011 in the scientific journal “Hypertension”, the most authoritative magazine in research on high blood pressure and one of the most prestigious dealing with cardiovascular diseases. To win the prestigious recognition that will be given during the annual conference of the High Blood Pressure Research, will be Prof. Damiano Rizzoni, on behalf of a group of researchers at the Medical Clinic from the University of Brescia, directed by Prof. Enrico Agabiti Rosei. The award-winning work, entitled “Effects of weight loss on structural and functional alterations of subcutaneous small arteries in obese patients” has investigated the effects of a substantial weight reduction achieved by a surgery that reduces the absorption of foods in patients with severe obesity and on the alteration in the structure of the microcirculation. (red)
