scholarly journals Automated oscillometric blood pressure versus auscultatory blood pressure as a predictor of carotid intima–medial thickness in male firefighters

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 588-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
N R C Campbell ◽  
D W McKay ◽  
H Conradson ◽  
E Lonn ◽  
L M Title ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
Jeevitha M ◽  
Kalaichandar M ◽  
Kirubakaran K ◽  
Baskaran V ◽  
Kokila K ◽  
...  

Low blood pressure truly includes a worse prognosis than the excessive blood strain. This mechanism,bills for the "reverse causation "seen within the haemodialysis’ patients, the company of conventional risk elements, such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and obesity, appear to be a worst diagnosis.Exogenous erythropoietic products can growth blood strain and requirement of antihypertensive tablets.30 Chronic ECFV overload secondary to activation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axisand disturbances inside the stability of vasoconstrictors and the vasodilators make a contribution to high blood pressure. Improvement in blood pressure can be introduced out with oral sodium restriction, diuretics, and fluid elimination with dialysis. Some patients will continue to be hypertensive notwithstanding of the careful attention to ECFV reputation. LVH is related with reduced endurance of sufferers on hemo/peritoneal dialysis .Lower five year survival charge in ESRD patients with LVH have a 30% than people missing LVH. This have a look at produces the mean carotid artery intima-medial thickness turned into higher in sufferers with superior CKD although it did now not attain statistical significance, probable due to smaller sample size.It was also observed that carotid intima medial thickness had no correlation with dyslipidemia. Even though the patients had maintained significantly normal cholesterol and high HDL levels, there was an increase in CIMT. Therefore, CKD patients, CIMT cannot be predicted based on the traditional atherosclerotic risk factors like serum cholesterol and HDL.


2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Zoungas ◽  
James D. Cameron ◽  
Peter G. Kerr ◽  
Rory Wolfe ◽  
Christine Muske ◽  
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Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol Ung Choi ◽  
Woohyeun Kim ◽  
Chol Shin ◽  
Jong-il Choi ◽  
Seong Hwan Kim ◽  
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Introduction: Grip strength has been associated with cardiovascular events. However, there have been no exact mechanisms explaining the association between grip strength and cardiovascular events. Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to assess whether arterial stiffness or endothelial function could mediate the association between grip strength and cardiovascular events. Methods: We studied 1508 participants (Age; 60 ± 7, Men; 47.5 %) from the Ansan cohort of the Korean Genome Epidemiology Study. Participants were assessed for grip strength, measured using a Jamar dynamometer. The central blood pressure, the augmentation index, and the pulse wave velocity were evaluated by using an applanation tonometer. Intima medial thickness was measured by B-mode ultrasonogram with a 7.5 MHz linear array transducer. Results: With increasing the grip strength, augmentation index decreased (r= -0.445, p<0.001). Pulse wave velocity (r= -0.044, p=0.109) and carotid intima medial thickness (r= -0.004, p=0.881) had no significant correlation with grip strength. Conclusions: Grip strength was inversely correlated with augmentation index. This result suggests that systemic arterial stiffness could mediate the association between grip strength and cardiovascular events.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1758-1768
Author(s):  
Sangmo Hong ◽  
Munsuk Nam ◽  
Bertis B. Little ◽  
Seihyun Paik ◽  
Kwanwoo Lee ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 699-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra C. Ahrensfield ◽  
Alfred A. Bove ◽  
Andrew M. Tucker ◽  
Andrew E. Lincoln ◽  
Reginald E. Dunn ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 159 (6) ◽  
pp. 971-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise H. Naylor ◽  
Daniel J. Green ◽  
Timothy W. Jones ◽  
Rachelle J. Kalic ◽  
Katie L. Suriano ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 267-283
Author(s):  
John N. Mordeson ◽  
D. S. Malik ◽  
Virginia M. Miller ◽  
Larry W. Hunter ◽  
Muthuvel Jayachandran ◽  
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Previously, the biological factors were weighed by the expert opinions. In this paper, we evaluate the risk factors proposed by the expert opinions. We use fuzzy logic techniques for predicting risk for development of carotid intima–medial thickness (CIMT) using expert opinion and various factors associated with CIMT in recently menopausal women. Study participants were enrolled in the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), a four-year study where participants were assigned to either oral or transdermal hormone treatments or to placebo. We use preference modeling techniques to determine the consensus winner of the causal factors. We use a measure to determine the degree to which one factor is preferred to another. We also determine the extent to which a factor is preferred to another by "most" experts. We determine the degree to which the experts agree. We consider a model concerning social networks and the effects of these networks on persons' opinions.


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