“Walking, swimming and yoga are great for your veins because they keep the blood moving,” he explained. “If you sit or stand ...

Arterial stiffness may indicate early vascular changes that predispose to the development ... We conclude that estimates of carotid artery distensibility and cross-sectional compliance derived from ...

Systolic pressure in the pulmonary artery was estimated from the interval between pulmonary valve closure and tricuspid valve opening, and the heart rate using a nomogram previously described. The ...

AIM To visualise the characteristics of ruptured plaques by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and to correlate plaque characteristics with clinical symptoms to establish a quantitative index of plaque ...

Sometimes, they will use an ultrasound to get a view of the vein. Then they will enter the vein with a large, hollow needle and thread the catheter through the needle and into the vein. When the ...

Background: In patients with untreated giant cell arteritis (GCA), ultrasound (US) of cranial and extracranial large arteries (LV) reveals a homogeneous and hypoechoic wall thickening, deemed as the ...

Rebecca P. Winsett, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Judy C. Martin, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor, College of ...