Sentences with phrase «measuring arterial»

Note: Of course, no home based medical product should or can be used to provide a definitive diagnosis on a person's health, PWV is a standard in measuring arterial stiffness, which could be an indication of heart health.

The participants of the study ate a meal containing 3.5 tablespoons of olive oil and the examiners measured their arterial damage after 3 hours.

This study looked at 13,148 participants using an ultrasound to measure arterial wall thickness.

Several studies demonstrated that measured arterial blood pressure was significantly lower than expected from the peripheral pulse palpation alone.

Not exact matches

Exergen would like to put its feet forward as its Arterial Heat Balance measures the correct readings of your child's fever.

The programme included arterial spin labelling, an MRI method to measure blood flow within the brain; resting - state MRI, to assess functional connections within and between brain networks; and MEG, a method to detect brain waves.

The researchers then measured the effect of flavanols on hallmarks of cardiovascular aging, such as arterial stiffness (as measured by pulse wave velocity), blood pressure and flow - mediated vasodilation (the extent to which blood vessels dilate in response to nitric oxide).

The researchers used velocity - selective arterial spin labeling (VSASL), a powerful MRI technique that directly measures the rate of delivery of arterial blood to organs like the brain.

By measuring pulse wave velocity, which is the speed that the arterial pulse propagates through the circulatory system, clinicians are able to determine arterial stiffness.

By coupling a machine learning model with a patient's pulse data, they are able to measure a key risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and arterial stiffness, using just a smart phone.

«We use arterial blood water as a contrast tracer to measure blood flow change, which is highly associated with brain function.»

Researchers measured difference in office blood pressure, 24 - hour blood pressure, arterial stiffness, endothelial function, cholesterol level, insulin resistance, and b - type natriuretic peptide level during the 12 month study period.

But no one had measured this common molecule in arterial plaques.

Gordon is excited not only about the weight gain but also by a measure of arterial stiffening assessed in 18 of the children.

«CT measures potentially dangerous arterial plaque in diabetic patients.»

They found strong evidence that those who consumed the highest amounts of amino acids had lower measures of blood pressure and arterial stiffness.

They measured blood vessel function with a standard test of arterial endothelial function, a flow - mediated dilatation test (FMD) that uses ultrasound.

Arterial stiffness was measured using pulse contour analysis based on photoplethysmography.

Arterial PaO2 was measured in a subset of rats before and immediately following exposure to 6 % — 7 % O2, as described in the Methods.

In the post-flight testing compared to pre-flight measures, heart rate and cardiac output increased slightly, while arterial baroreflex response decreased by about a third, but only in the seated position.

The researchers measured various factors including finger arterial blood pressure, heart rate, left ventricular ejection time, and cardiac output.

However, the football players displayed significantly higher pulse wave velocity, a measure of arterial stiffness (football: 6.5 vs control: 5.7).

The Medical Center is first in the nation to use transcranial Doppler ultrasound, used to measure atherosclerotic buildup on the walls of the carotid artery and to image the arterial circulation in the brain.

«With this technology, you can test the function of these candidate genes and measure what percentage of cells are generating into our target arterial cells,» says Zhang.

Another study on healthy volunteers observed that after a single high - fat meal, measures of arterial health and function dropped dramatically for four hours.

All three studies on walnuts showed an improvement in endothelial function, arterial function — this so - called flow - mediated dilation measured in the arm.

In my yearlong practice of the Tibetans, I used a simple device developed by a physician who is interested in yoga to measure and track my arterial flexibility reported out as arterial age.

But my question was very specific and was about arterial function following a meal as measured by the study discussed in this video.

The brachial artery test does measure this directly by measuring the rebound rate of the arterial diameter after a secondary stressor, in this case reduction in blood flow from a blood pressure cuff.

They used something called brachial reactive testing to measure artery functioning and gave groups high GI carbs such as corn flakes and sugar (very much like the typical American breakfast)... Dr Sinatra explains, «Enormous peaks indicating arterial stress were found in the high GI groups: the cornflakes and sugar groups.»

Zinc deficiency, copper deficiency, or cadmium toxicity, weaken arterial walls and as a compensatory measure, the body deposits calcium or fatty substances to reinforce arterial strength.

The pilot study also reported that the difference in peripheral arterial blood flow (the movement of blood to different parts of the body, as measured by PAT), a predictor of vascular health, after eating the hamburger meal compared to the hamburger - fresh avocado meal was approaching statistical significance...

Now we have studies that measure the impact of low carb diets on arteries directly, and a review of all the best studies to date found that low - carb diets impair arterial function, as evidenced by a decrease in flow - mediated dilation, meaning low - carb diets effectively stiffen people's arteries.

Schwingshackl L, Hoffmann G. with this link with no summary: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23294905 Dr Greger summarizes it as: «Now we have studies that measure the impact of low carb diets on arteries directly, and a review of all the best studies to date found that low - carb diets impair arterial function, as evidenced by a decrease in flow - mediated dilation, meaning low - carb diets effectively stiffen people's arteries.»

You and I should have a carotid that's about 0.6 millimeters thick, be measured in 0.9 or 1.0 you have some advanced silent arterial damage and we should institute an investigation why and I plan to reverse it through all of the technologies that are out there.

In healthy volunteers studied with a single high - fat meal, measures of arterial health and function drop dramatically for four hours.

A radial arterial line was placed to measure blood pressure and to have access to arterial blood for lab analysis.

Our medical schools should teach students to measure ankle arterial pressure using inexpensive Doppler ultrasound rather than feeling foot pulses and to elevate the red foot (it will turn white if ischaemic).