Selection of clinical Guidelines and Consensus Documents
Parati, G., Ochoa, J. E., Abreu, A., Brouwers, S., Bruno, R. M., Caiani, E. G., … & Castiglioni, P. (2026). Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices: Technical Foundations and Clinical Implications: Scientific Statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on e-Cardiology, the ESC Council on Hypertension, and the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC. European journal of preventive cardiology, 33(7), 1058-1071.
Siegrist, M., Bakker, E. A., Timmermans, E. J., Lam, T. M., Moholdt, T., Løchen, M. L., ... & Bahls, M. (2026). The role of physical activity in an obesogenic environment for cardiovascular risk reduction across the lifespan: A Scientific Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC.
Hersant, J., Kruger, R., Bianchini, E., Königstein, K., Sinha, M. D., Hidvégi, E. V., ... & Climie, R. E. (2025). Measuring early vascular aging in youth: an expert consensus document from the Youth Vascular Consortium. Journal of Hypertension, 43(11), 1733-1742.
van den Born, B. J. H., Bejan-Angoulvant, T., Pengo, M. F., Mahfoud, F., Sudano, I., Hanssen, H., & Parati, G. (2026). Targets for treatment and optimal strategies for managing hypertension in 2025: indications for clinical practice from recent hypertension guidelines. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 33(7), 1033-1044.
Chew, E. Y., Burns, S. A., Abraham, A. G., Bakhoum, M. F., Beckman, J. A., Chui, T. Y., ... & Oh, Y. S. (2025). Standardization and clinical applications of retinal imaging biomarkers for cardiovascular disease: a Roadmap from an NHLBI workshop. Nature Reviews Cardiology, 22(1), 47-63.
Moholdt, T., Aye, C., Bahls, M., Crispi, F., Ghossein-Doha, C., Goossens, E., ... & Van Craenenbroeck, E. (2025). A call to action on pregnancy-related lifestyle interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk in the offspring: a scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(10), 798-810.
Koskinas, K. C., Van Craenenbroeck, E. M., Antoniades, C., Blueher, M., Gorter, T. M., Hanssen, H., ... & Prescott, E. B. (2025). Obesity and cardiovascular disease: an ESC clinical consensus statement. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(3), 184-220.
Cornelissen, V., Hanssen, H., Hurst, C., Knaier, R., Marques-Sule, E., Moholdt, T., ... & Bowen, T. S. (2025). Influence of exercise and nutrition on sarcopenia in cardiovascular disease: a Scientific Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, zwaf432.
Kodithuwakku, V., Breslin, M., Hersant, J., Bruno, R. M., Boutouyrie, P., Urbina, E. M., ... & Alvarez-Bueno, C. (2025). Establishing reference values for pulse wave velocity in young people: the youth vascular consortium. Hypertension,82(7), 1234-1245.
Kruger, R., Hersant, J., Kodithuwakku, V., Strauss-Kruger, M., Sinha, M. D., Johansson, M., ... & Climie, R. E. (2025). Defining early vascular aging in youth: an expert consensus document from the youth vascular consortium. Journal of Hypertension, 43(11), 1743-1749.
van den Born, B. J. H., Bejan-Angoulvant, T., Pengo, M. F., Mahfoud, F., Sudano, I., Hanssen, H., & Parati, G. (2026). Targets for treatment and optimal strategies for managing hypertension in 2025: indications for clinical practice from recent hypertension guidelines. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 33(7), 1033-1044.
Moholdt, T., Aye, C., Bahls, M., Crispi, F., Ghossein-Doha, C., Goossens, E., ... & Van Craenenbroeck, E. (2025). A call to action on pregnancy-related lifestyle interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk in the offspring: a scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(10), 798-810.
McEvoy, J. W., McCarthy, C. P., Bruno, R. M., Brouwers, S., Canavan, M. D., Ceconi, C., ... & Touyz, R. M. (2024). 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension: Developed by the task force on the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and endorsed by the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) and the European Stroke Organisation (ESO). European heart journal, 45(38), 3912-4018.
Hanssen, H., Moholdt, T., Bahls, M., Biffi, A., Siegrist, M., Lewandowski, A. J., ... & Tiberi, M. (2023). Lifestyle interventions to change trajectories of obesity-related cardiovascular risk from childhood onset to manifestation in adulthood: a joint scientific statement of the task force for childhood health of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the European Childhood Obesity Group. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 30(14), 1462-1472.
Selection of State-of-the-Art Reviews
Wallraven, T., Günthner, R., Ribeiro, A., Alnemer, M., Kotliar, K., Lech, M., ... & Schmaderer, C. (2026). Retinal vessel imaging in inflammatory disease: From endothelial dysfunction to clinical evidence and translation. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 101472.
Schuhmann, V., Küttel, J., Van Eijgen, J., Gugleta, K., & Hanssen, H. (2026). Physical activity and exercise in primary open-angle glaucoma: a scoping review. Frontiers in Physiology, 17, 1834649.
Van Eijgen, J., Van Winckel, L., Hanssen, H., Kotliar, K., Vanassche, T., Van Craenenbroeck, E. M., ... & Stalmans, I. (2025). Retinal vessel analysis to assess microvascular function in the healthy eye: A systematic review on the response to acute physiological and pathological stressors. Survey of Ophthalmology, 70(2), 200-214.
Carrard, J., Guerini, C., Appenzeller-Herzog, C., Infanger, D., Koenigstein, K., Streese, L., ... & Schmidt-Trucksaess, A. (2022). The metabolic signature of cardiorespiratory fitness: A systematic review. Sports Medicine, 52(3), 527-546.
Lona, G., Hauser, C., Köchli, S., Infanger, D., Endes, K., Schmidt-Trucksäss, A., & Hanssen, H. (2022). Association of blood pressure, obesity and physical activity with arterial stiffness in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatric Research, 91(3), 502-512.
Hanssen, H., Streese, L., & Vilser, W. (2022). Retinal vessel diameters and function in cardiovascular risk and disease. Progress in retinal and eye research, 91, 101095.
Streese, L., Guerini, C., Buehlmayer, L., Lona, G., Hauser, C., Bade, S., ... & Hanssen, H. (2020). Physical activity and exercise improve retinal microvascular health as a biomarker of cardiovascular risk: a systematic review. Atherosclerosis, 315, 33-42.
Koechli, S., Endes, K., Infanger, D., Zahner, L., & Hanssen, H. (2018). Obesity, blood pressure, and retinal vessels: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 141(6), e20174090.
Li, Y., Hanssen, H., Cordes, M., Rossmeissl, A., Endes, S., & Schmidt-Trucksäss, A. (2015). Aerobic, resistance and combined exercise training on arterial stiffness in normotensive and hypertensive adults: a review. European journal of sport science, 15(5), 443-457.
Selection of original Research Articles
Fleischlin, E., Hauser, C., Vilser, W., Streese, L., & Hanssen, H. (2026). Advancing Retinal Vessel Analysis: Reproducibility of Myogenic Constriction and Assessment of Regulatory Capacity. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 15(7), 4-4.
Streese, L., Ritter, E. T., Schoch, R., Kröpfl, J. M., Hauser, C., Gasser, B., ... & Hanssen, H. (2026). Effects of exercise mode and intensity on retinal microvascular structure and function in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: a pilot exercise intervention trial. Journal of Vascular Research.
Streese, L., Hauser, C., Infanger, D., Klee, S., Link, D., Vilser, W., & Hanssen, H. (2025). Device-based day-to-day and observer variability to quantify dilation capacity in the retinal microcirculation. Frontiers in Physiology, 16, 1663370.
Hauser, C., Lona, G., Köchli, S., Streese, L., Infanger, D., Faude, O., & Hanssen, H. (2024). Subcutaneous advanced glycation end products, cardiovascular risk factors and vascular health during childhood development in a Swiss population.Frontiers in Physiology, 15, 1371618.
Hauser, C., Lichtenstein, E., Nebiker, L., Streese, L., Köchli, S., Infanger, D., ... & Hanssen, H. (2023). Cardiorespiratory fitness and development of childhood cardiovascular risk: The EXAMIN YOUTH follow-up study. Frontiers in Physiology, 14, 1243434.
Nebiker, L., Lichtenstein, E., Hauser, C., Lona, G., Roth, R., Keller, M., ... & Faude, O. (2023). Secular change in selected motor performance parameters and BMI in Swiss primary school children from 2014-2021: The Sportcheck+ study. Journal of sports sciences, 41(5), 441-450.
Hauser, C., Lona, G., Köchli, S., Streese, L., Infanger, D., Faude, O., & Hanssen, H. (2023). Bivariate relation of vascular health and blood pressure progression during childhood. Atherosclerosis, 381, 117215.
Streese, L., Pichler, F. A., Hauser, C., & Hanssen, H. (2023). Microvascular wall-to-lumen ratio in patients with arterial hypertension: A randomized controlled exercise trial. Microvascular Research, 148, 104526.
Ludyga, S., Hauser, C., Köchli, S., Lona, G., Streese, L., Faude, O., ... & Hanssen, H. (2023). Influence of physical fitness and retinal microcirculation on the development of cognitive abilities from childhood to preadolescence. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 25, 100544.
Twerenbold, S., Hauser, C., Gander, J., Carrard, J., Gugleta, K., Hinrichs, T., ... & Streese, L. (2023). Short‐term high‐intensity interval training improves micro‐but not macrovascular function in hypertensive patients. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 33(7), 1231-1241.
Lona, G., Hauser, C., Köchli, S., Infanger, D., Endes, K., Faude, O., & Hanssen, H. (2021). Changes in physical activity behavior and development of cardiovascular risk in children. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 31(6), 1313-1323.
Streese, L., Lona, G., Wagner, J., Knaier, R., Burri, A., Nève, G., ... & Hanssen, H. (2021). Normative data and standard operating procedures for static and dynamic retinal vessel analysis as biomarker for cardiovascular risk. Scientific reports, 11(1), 14136.
Streese, L., Brawand, L. Y., Gugleta, K., Maloca, P. M., Vilser, W., & Hanssen, H. (2020). New frontiers in noninvasive analysis of retinal wall-to-lumen ratio by retinal vessel wall analysis. Translational vision science & technology, 9(6), 7-7.
Streese, L., Khan, A. W., Deiseroth, A., Hussain, S., Suades, R., Tiaden, A., ... & Hanssen, H. (2020). High-intensity interval training modulates retinal microvascular phenotype and DNA methylation of p66Shc gene: a randomized controlled trial (EXAMIN AGE). European heart journal, 41(15), 1514-1519.
Lona, G., Hauser, C., Köchli, S., Infanger, D., Endes, K., Faude, O., & Hanssen, H. (2020). Blood pressure increase and microvascular dysfunction accelerate arterial stiffening in children: modulation by physical activity. Frontiers in physiology, 11, 613003.
Deiseroth, A., Streese, L., Köchli, S., Wüst, R. S., Infanger, D., Schmidt-Trucksäss, A., & Hanssen, H. (2019). Exercise and arterial stiffness in the elderly: a combined cross-sectional and randomized controlled trial (EXAMIN AGE). Frontiers in physiology, 10, 1119.