... stress plays a relevant role in this pathophysiological phenomenon, but less attention has been devoted to its effects on DNA damage and to the subsequent mechanisms of repair. In the present study, we analysed in a model of arteriotomy-induced stenosis in rat carotid arteries the time-dependent...

..., we examined its association with CIMT (carotid intima-media thickness), CAC (carotid artery compliance) and brachial artery FMD (flow-mediated dilation) in a young population-based cohort of otherwise healthy individuals. As part of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, we performed CIMT, CAC...

...Beatrix MERSICH; János RIGÓ, Jr; Csilla BESENYEI; Zsuzsanna LÉNÁRD; Péter STUDINGER; Márk KOLLAI Systemic arterial compliance has been known to increase during healthy pregnancy, whereas, recently, the carotid artery has been reported to stiffen. To clarify this controversy, we simultaneously...

... compared with 4.25±0.19×10 −3 /mmHg). In the third trimester, both patients and healthy pregnant women had equally low BRS values; postpartum, the various BRS indices increased markedly (by 60–190%) and to the same level in both groups. No correlation was found between changes in carotid artery...

... of adenosine. © 2004 The Biochemical Society 2004 adenosine carotid artery chemoreceptor chemoreflex sympathetic nervous system Correspondence: Dr Henri J. L. M. Timmers (e-mail [email protected] ). 13 5 2003 29 7 2003 22 8 2003 22 8 2003 Clinical Science...

... was examined in 301 outpatients undergoing duplex ultrasonographic examination. Carotid plaque was defined as an intima-media thickness greater than 1.0 mm, and a plaque score (PS) was calculated from the plaque thickness in both carotid arteries. Multivariate analysis demonstrated significant positive...

...Tobias TRAUPE; Livius V. D'USCIO; Klaus MUENTER; Henning MORAWIETZ; Wilhelm VETTER; Matthias BARTON This study investigated vascular reactivity in response to acetylcholine, in the presence of acute inhibition of nitric oxide synthase, in the carotid artery and aorta of obese C57Bl6/J mice fed...

..., particularly that of vascular lesions. The aim of the present study was to compare the elastic properties of three WS patients with age- and gender-matched normotensive and hypertensive controls. Common carotid arteries of WS patients had a higher distensibility, a thicker intima-media and a lower elastic...

... to measure carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT). Groups of 35 subjects with Type I diabetes {duration of diabetes 18 years (12-32 years) [median (interquartile range)]; glycated haemoglobin 7.67% (1.17%)} and 24 non-diabetic control subjects were studied. Carotid IMT was greater in the diabetic...

...Alice V. STANTON; Jeremy N. CHAPMAN; Jamil MAYET; Peter S. SEVER; Neil R. POULTER; Alun D. HUGHES; Simon A. McG. THOM Increased intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery predicts increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. Preliminary evidence suggests that a decrease in blood...

... intima-media thickness were selected. Images were stored on an optical disk and were analysed with a semi-automatic software program by two readers. Individuals were scanned twice by two independent observers. 2. Measurements were performed of the far and near wall of the common carotid artery...

...J. K. Healy; A. J. Elliott; I. J. Oweczkin 1. Angiotensin II was infused into isolated, perfused pig carotid arteries. The perfusate leaving the arteries was sampled into an Auto-analyzer system which continuously monitored its composition. Arterial pressure was recorded. 2. Low, subpressor doses...