... a solid-phase sandwich ELISA. IMT (intima-media thickness), and V d and V s (mean diastolic and systolic flow velocities respectively) were evaluated by carotid ultrasound. The V d / V s ratio, an index of peripheral arterial resistance, was also calculated. The patients were divided on the basis...

... haemodynamics remodelling ultrasound 1 These authors contributed equally to this work. Correspondence: Dr Li-ming Gan, Department of Physiology, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteburg University, Göteburg, Sweden (email [email protected] ). 4...

..., Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Göteborg, Sweden (email [email protected] ). 15 6 2004 13 7 2004 6 8 2004 6 8 2004 The Biochemical Society 2004 endothelial function haemodynamics oxygen radical nitric oxide ultrasound Epidemiological data suggest...

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.... inadequate spiral artery dilatation and subsequent reduced uteroplacental perfusion, whereas PIH and PE with normal pregnancy outcome is not. Using Doppler ultrasound, we measured the uterine artery pulsatility index (PI) in a population of 531 nulliparous women in the 22nd week of gestation. Uterine artery...

..., carotid artery, circulating intercellular cell-adhesion molecule-1 (cICAM-1), circulating P-selectin (cP-selectin), inflammation, ultrasound. Abbreviations: (c)ICAM-1, (circulating) intercellular cell-adhesion molecule-1; CI, confidence interval; cP-selectin, circulating P-selectin; HbA1c, glycated...

... genotyped using PCR. Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery, carotid artery compliance and carotid intima-media thickness were measured using high-resolution ultrasound. FMD was 6.2±5.0% in subjects with the I/I (insertion/insertion) genotype, 5.5±4.1% in the I/D (insertion/deletion) group...

... significant lesion over 20min. The artery lumen area in the proximal arterial segment was measured at end diastole and end systole before and after BQ-123 or saline administration using an intravascular ultrasound catheter. Calculations were made of absolute (in mm 2 /mmHg×10 3 ) and normalized compliance...

... artery measured by ultrasound, with or without the addition of ischaemic hand exercise, and evaluation of the reduction in the relative height of the inflection point of the radial pulse wave following β 2 -adrenergic receptor stimulation. The reduction in the relative height of the inflection point...

...Sagar N. DOSHI; Katerina K. NAKA; Nicola PAYNE; Christopher J.H. JONES; Moira ASHTON; Malcolm J. LEWIS; Jonathan GOODFELLOW Flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery assessed by high-resolution ultrasound is widely used to measure endothelial function. However, the technique...

... patients with negative spasm-provocational test results without evidence of significant coronary stenosis (control group). In each patient, brachial artery diameter responses to hyperemic flow and glyceryl trinitrate spray were measured using high-resolution ultrasound. The carotid intima-media thickness...

.... The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 2001 2001 vasculature pathophysiology ultrasound atherosclerosis hypertension radial artery hypertrophy 509Clinical Science (2001) 100, 509 516 (Printed in Great Britain) Radial artery hypertrophy occurs in coronary atherosclerosis...

... atherosclerosis, as measured by ultrasound in the carotid and femoral arteries; and also to examine whether CRP levels are associated with antibodies to oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL). The study group ( n = 391) consisted of clinically healthy 58-year-old men recruited from the general population. CRP...

...-resolution ultrasound before and 8 h after oral methionine (100 mg/kg in cranberry juice) or placebo (cranberry juice), on separate days and in random order. Plasma homocyst(e)ine and ADMA concentrations were measured by specific HPLC methods. After a methionine bolus, elevation of homocyst(e)ine (28.4±3.5 µ...

...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...

...Upul PREMAWARDHANA; Matthew HOSKINS; David S. CELERMAJER Ultrasound examinations of the heart and major peripheral arteries have been performed as separate procedures; both potentially limited by suboptimal views in certain subjects and the inability to obtain ideal pictures of particular...

... the development of a number of potential methods for the assessment of the early stages of atherosclerosis in humans. These include techniques for assessing early structural changes in the coronary arteries with electron-beam computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. External vascular ultrasound has...

...Sara WESTERMARK; Hans WIKSELL; Håkan ELMQVIST; Kjell HULTENBY; Hans BERGLUND Application of low-frequency ultrasound for clot disruption has been suggested as a potential therapy to enhance thrombus dissolution, but the optimal mode for delivery of ultrasound with clot-disruptive properties has...

... in body mass seen in control subjects. 29 7 1996 19 8 1996 © 1997 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1997 bone mineral density exercise osteoporosis/prevention post-menopausal women ultrasound walking Clinical Science (1997) 92,7540 (Printed in Great...

... in-vivo method of examining biplanar arterial blood flow patterns. 2. Multiple colour Doppler ultrasound directional velocity images were obtained at two different beam target angles from the artery in the plane perpendicular to its axis. Ensemble average images were constructed; the absolute velocity...

... Society 1992 Crohn's disease gallbladder contractility gallstones ultrasound Clinical Science (1992) 83, 689-693 (Printed in Great Britain) 689 Impaired fatty-meaktimulated gallbladder contractility in patients with Crohn s disease F. E. MURRAY, M. McNICHOLAS*, W. STACK and D. P. O DONOGHUE...

..., or cholinergic blockade with atropine, which suggests that the response of vessels perfusing the spleen is mediated by α-adrenoceptors. 12 1 1990 18 1 1990 © 1990 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1990 hypoglycaemia phentolamine spleen ultrasound Clinical...

... derivative of velocity. 14 3 1985 15 4 1985 © 1985 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1985 cardiac output exercise ultrasound Clinical Science (1985) 69, 377-382 377 Validation of a Doppler technique for beat-to-beat measurement of cardiac output N A W Z E R...

...G. Trübestein; C. Engel; F. Etzel; A. Sobbe; H. Cremer; U. Stumpff 1. A new method of destroying thrombi in blood vessels by ultrasound and simultaneously removing them is reported. 2. Experiments were performed in twenty dogs with artificial thrombi in the iliac and femoral arteries and veins...