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2009 NOV 23 ... defined as an AER of 20-200 mu g/min. Aortic stiffness was assessed by measurement of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV). Carotid-femoral PWV, adjusted for age and mean ...
2009 OCT 5 ... accelerated atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of HT on carotid atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness, as possible mediators of this vascular ...
2009 NOV 1 ... by qualitative changes of elastic fibers. We investigated whether CML affects carotid and aortic properties in normoglycemic subjects. Hundred-two subjects (age 48.2 +/- 11.3 ... Diabetology report. "AGEs are associated with hypertension and arterial stiffness potentially by qualitative changes of elastic fibers. We investigated whether CML ...
2009 NOV 10 ... was present in 8.2% (479 of 5818). The measures of arterial stiffness were the carotid femoral pulse wave velocity, forward pressure wave amplitude, central pulse pressure, ...
2009 SEP 14 ... (AIx), and local pulse-wave velocity (PWV) were obtained at the level of right common carotid artery (CCA) by a real time echo-tracking system." "Time to dominant peak ... Ultrasound and Allied Techniques (Echo-Tracking Assessment of Carotid Artery Stiffness in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis. Echocardiography - a Journal of Cardiovascular ...
2009 OCT 5 ... ratio from 0.81 (0.47 to 1.43) to 0.66 (0.44 to 1.22) mg/mmol (P <0.001), and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity from 11.5+/-2.3 to 11.1+/-1.9 m/s (P <0.01). Subgroup ... also reduce other cardiovascular risk factors (eg, urinary albumin excretion, arterial stiffness). However, few well-controlled trials have studied these effects. We carried out a ...
2009 SEP 7 ... BP was measured using a mercury sphygmomanometer, and augmentation index and carotid-femoral (aortic) pulse wave velocity were measured at baseline, after 2 weeks of placebo ... antihypertensive agents on central BP, pulse pressure (PP) amplification, and arterial stiffness in this condition are not clear." "Fifty-nine patients over the age of 60 ...
2009 SEP 7 ... According to recent research from France, "Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is considered the gold-standard measurement of ... pulse wave velocity (PWV) is considered the gold-standard measurement of arterial stiffness. Obesity, however, can render inaccurate the measurement of PWV by external noninvasive ...
2009 OCT 27 ... and the CAVIs of these groups were compared. Fourth, the correlation between CAVI and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) was also assessed in 74 patients. The mean coefficient of ... According to recent research published in the journal Chest, "An arterial stiffness parameter, the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), has been developed. CAVI is adjusted ...
2009 SEP 7 ... mass index (BMI). The following CVD markers were assessed by ultrasonography: common carotid artery (CCA) stiffness index (beta), distensibility and intima-media thickness (IMT), ...
2009 NOV 23 ... stiffness was similar across all groups, but key measures of central aortic stiffness (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, characteristic impedance, forward wave amplitude) steadily ...
2009 NOV 10 ... and wave reflections of the study population, using applanation tonometry (SphygmoCor). Carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity (PWV) was measured as index of aortic stiffness. The heart ...
2009 NOV 2 ... Pulse wave velocity and pulse wave analysis were measured via applanation tonometry at carotid, radial, and femoral arteries. Blood flow was measured in both forearms using venous ... in venous plasma before and during bradykinin infusions. with COPD have greater arterial stiffness (pulse wave velocity, 11 +/- 2 vs. 9 +/- 2 m/s; P = 0.003; augmentation index, 27 +/- 10 ...
2009 NOV 9 ... Arterial stiffness was assessed by pulse-wave velocity (PWV) measured by tonometry from carotid to radial artery. Serum UA, high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP), glucose, insulin, and lipid ...
2009 SEP 14 ... localized prostate cancer. They received either goserelin or bicalutamide for 24 weeks. Carotid-femoral (C-F) and carotid-radial (C-R) pulse wave velocities (PWVs) were measured. ... We wanted to determine the effects of 2 different anti-androgen therapies on arterial stiffness as one suppresses (goserelin-a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analog) while the other ...
2009 SEP 21 ... maximum strength significantly increased after the intervention. Interestingly, aortic (carotid-femoral) pulse wave velocity (PWV; an index of arterial stiffness), and peripheral ...
2009 NOV 9 ... heart disease equivalent." "Endothelial function, arterial stiffness, carotid intima-media thickness, and analysis of atheromatous plaques were examined in 84 ...
2009 OCT 5 ... of atherosclerosis, aortic stiffness measured by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were measured. As an assessment of LA, a method, ...
