conclusions it seems that there is no difference in the use of heparinized and normal saline solutions to prevent catheter occlusion of arterial and central venous pressure. patients and methods in the current randomized controlled trial, 100 patients, with an age range of 18 - 65 years of valve and coronary artery surgery were studied in rajaie heart center, tehran, iran. patients were randomi...

OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetic patients have an increased arterial stiffness and a very high risk of cardiovascular death. The present study investigated the relationship between pulse pressure, an indicator of vascular stiffness, and risk of cardiovascular mortality among type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic individuals. Second, we determined the relationship between pulse pressure and its main determi...

After cervical aortic nerve section, mean arterial pressure in the unanesthetized dog increased by an average of 7.4 mm Hg. Following a more extensive denervation of aortic arch receptors by section of intrathoracic vagal branches, arterial pressure increased by 16.7 mm Hg. The above changes were seen in the stable state after the effects of surgery had disappeared. In both cases carotid barore...

To our knowledge, there have been no published comparisons of different techniques for measuring blood pressure during clinical trials. We undertook a comparison during clinical trials with verapamil and prazosin. During an open trial of verapamil we compared the treatment-induced blood pressure reductions as measured by clinic, intra-arterial, and self-recorded methods. The mean reduction in b...

Earlier studies report that sinoaortic baroreceptor denervation (SAD) in rats causes moderate elevation of mean arterial pressure along with a marked increase of arterial pressure lability (APL). In this context, we studied the effects of selective aortic denervation (AD) or selective carotid denervation (CD) on the regulation of blood pressure. In addition, we evaluated the effects of selectiv...

ACE plays an important role in the regulation of arterial pressure; however, a linear relationship between ACE expression and arterial pressure has not been demonstrated. The present study employed telemetric monitoring in female transgenic mice to determine the influence of partial and complete deletion of the ACE gene on basal arterial pressure and arterial pressure responses to a high-NaCl d...