Material and methods A 3-hour EHC was performed in 13 Warmblood horses (11 mares, 2 geldings). All horses were clinically healthy but had variable degrees of insulin sensitivity, were some horses were defined as insulin resistant. Blood samples for analysis of plasma glucose and insulin were collected before the start of the EHC, every 10-min during the EHC and immediately after the EHC. Mean, ...

A analysis on the conventional the blood pressure estimation method using an oscillometric sphygmomanometer was performed through a computer simulation using an arterial pressure-volume (APV) model. Traditionally, the maximum amplitude algorithm (MAP) was applied on the oscillation waveforms of the APV model to obtain the mean arterial pressure and the characteristic ratio. The estimation of me...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Turner syndrome (TS) is associated with increased mortality due to cardiovascular disease and a dramatically higher rate of aortic dissection. The recognition and treatment of hypertension in this population is critical. We sought to assess the ability to detect blood pressure (BP) abnormalities comparing ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) with conventional BP measureme...

OBJECTIVE The level of agreement between two blood pressure (BP) reading methods, auscultatory vs oscillometric, was examined using a mercury sphygmomanometer and an electronic device in children and adolescents with different levels of obesity. The readings were compared to determine their impact on the diagnosis of pre-hypertension/hypertension. METHODS Blood pressure readings were taken in...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of white-coat normortension, white-coat hypertension, and white-coat effect. METHODS We assessed 670 medical records of patients from the League of Hypertension of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Medical School of the University of S o Paulo. White-coat hypertension (blood pressure at the medical office: mean of 3 measurements with the oscillometric device ...

Purpose Elevated blood pressure is a risk factor for increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Decreased vagally-mediated heart rate variability has previously been prospectively linked with pressure; however, to date, no such prospective data exist regarding this relationship among Blacks.Materials methods We examined association in 387 normotensive young adults (mean age, 23 years, 52...

BACKGROUND Overt hypothyroidism is associated with elevation of diastolic blood pressure; however the association of subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) with arterial blood pressure (ABP) alteration is unknown. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), over 24 hours, in normotensive patients with SH in comparison to euthyroid (EU) normoten...

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing popularity of wrist-cuff blood pressure (BP) devices, their accuracy has not been established and international guidelines do not support their use. Because arm position influences BP measurement, it is possible that conflicting reports on wrist-cuff device accuracy reflects diverse arm positions. METHOD This study compared BP measured by two oscillometric de...