NEW YORK -- Actor Peter Greene accidentally shot himself in his New York City apartment last December, resulting in his death, according to a medical examiner. The city's medical examiner found Greene ...

Peripheral artery disease affects approximately 236 million persons worldwide and is diagnosed with an ankle–brachial index of less than 0.90. Among older persons, 3.3% of those without peripheral ...

Objective: To measure wall shear stress (WSS), oscillatory shear index (OSI) and relative residence time (RRT) at multiple locations along the femoropopliteal artery in adults without peripheral ...

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Abstract: Local pulse wave velocity (PWV) is considered a marker of arterial stiffness and is commonly assessed in large arteries, such as carotids and aorta. However, its assessment in peripheral ...

Abstract: To detect pathologies early, brachial artery parameters are crucial. Non-invasive measurements from the brachial artery can quantify blood pressure, assess arterial stiffness and endothelial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology, Lee and Susan Mollan, MBChB, FRCOphth, PhD, debated this ...

Although ankle‐brachial index (ABI) and photoplethysmography (PPG) have also shown adequate sensitivity in detecting peripheral arterial disease, their diagnostic performance is less reliable in ...

In the fight against cardiovascular diseases, preventive strategies are becoming the focus of attention. One of these strategies proposes to identify individuals who are at a high risk of developing ...

Currently, when doctors wish to continuously monitor a patient's blood pressure, they surgically insert a catheter into one of the individual's arteries. There could soon be a safer, much less ...