...Melinda M. PARNELL; Diane P. HOLST; David M. KAYE Systemic arterial compliance (SAC) makes an important contribution to cardiac afterload, and thus is a significant determinant of left ventricular work. Previous studies have suggested that arterial compliance may be reduced in patients...

...Karen L. BERRY; R. Andrew P. SKYRME-JONES; Ian T. MEREDITH Non-invasive ultrasound techniques to assess flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) are frequently used to assess arterial endothelial vasodilator function. However, the range of normal values varies considerably, possibly due to differences...

...Martyn P. KINGSBURY; Wenxin HUANG; Silvana GIULIATTI; Mark TURNER; Ross HUNTER; Kim PARKER; Desmond J. SHERIDAN Correspondence : Professor D. Sheridan. 9 6 1998 23 9 1998 1 10 1998 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 1999 1999 arteries...

...R. F. W. Moulds; V. Iwanov; R. L. Medcalf 1. The contractile responses of spiral strips of human digital arteries to samples of a suspension of human platelets aggregated by thrombin have been studied at different time intervals after aggregation. 2. Platelets added to the arterial strips 1 min...

...R. Clinton Webb 1. The effect of the hypertensive process on vascular sensitivity to serotonin and methysergide was studied. 2. Isometric contractions were recorded from arteries isolated from spontaneously hypertensive (SHR), Kyoto-Wistar normotensive (WKY), deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA...

...B. F. Robinson; R. J. Dobbs; C. R. Kelsey; S. Saverymuttu 1. A method has been developed for estimating resistance to blood flow in the collateral arteries around the elbow. Arterial pressure is recorded continuously from the radial artery and blood flow in the forearm and hand is measured...

... event which reaches a maximum at a time when the blood pressure is far from its highest level, and thereafter progressively decreases. 3. Reserpine prevents the vascular wall changes on the arterial as well as the venous side of the circulation. On the other hand, captopril although effective...

...R. E. Rittinghausen; R. F. W. Moulds 1. In order to compare pre- and post-synaptic mechanisms influencing human vascular smooth muscle contraction, post-mortem digital arteries have been studied in vitro. After preloading transmitter stores with [ 3 H]noradrenaline, stimulation-induced total...

...B. Gribbin; T. G. Pickering; P. Sleight 1. The pulse-wave velocity along the brachial radial artery was measured in 38 subjects and volume distensibility values were calculated. 2. Measurements made at each subject's resting blood pressure showed that those with high blood pressure had higher pulse...

...G. L. F. J. Rorive; H. Van Cauwenberge 1. To obtain additional information on the role of the ionic composition of the vascular wall in the pathogenesis of arterial hypertension, we studied the distribution of ions in aorta and tail arteries of rats with experimental renal hypertension. 2...

...G. S. Harris; W. A. Palmer 1. Isolated rabbit arterial segments were perfused with buffer containing sodium (155 mmol/l) and vasoconstrictor responses to noradrenaline, histamine and electrical stimulation were measured. When the concentration of sodium in the perfusing medium was raised by 8 mmol...