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We estimated total arterial compliance (C) in eight anesthetized mongrel dogs with (i) the area method (AM), (ii) the pulse pressure method (PPM), and (iii) the stroke volume-to-pulse pressure ratio (SV/PP). Average compliance was C(AM)=1.1+/-0.73 ml mm Hg ...
In the cardiovascular system, morphology and functionality are closely related. Altered flow conditions play an important role in the development of arterial disease. In turn, these flow conditions are modified by arterial wall changes. A detailed understa ...
Shows how numerical solutions of the human cardiovascular system may be devised by coupling models having different physical dimensions. One of the aspects of the circulatory system is its multiscale nature. Local flow features may have a global effect on ...
This invention relates to methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease with diabetic or pre-diabetic conditions or symptoms associated therewith using both a PPAR gamma agonist and a PPAR alpha ago ...
Intra-abdominal and subcutaneous adipose tissue display important metabolic differences that underlie the association of visceral, but not subcutaneous, fat with obesity-related cardiovascular and metabolic problems. Because the molecular mechanisms contri ...
Compounds which are PPAR delta agonists are described. These compounds are useful for raising high density lipoprotein (HDL) plasma levels in mammals and for preventing, halting or slowing the progression of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases and rela ...
Fatty acid transporter protein (FATP)-1 mRNA expression was investigated in skeletal muscle and in subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue of 17 healthy lean, 13 nondiabetic obese, and 16 obese type 2 diabetic subjects. In muscle, FATP-1 mRNA levels were hig ...
We determined total arterial compliance from pressure and flow in the ascending aorta of seven anesthetized dogs using the pulse pressure method (PPM) and the decay time method (DTM). Compliance was determined under control and during occlusion of the aort ...
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma is one of the key actors of adipocyte differentiation. This study demonstrates 1) that PPAR-gamma mRNA expression is not altered in subcutaneous adipose tissue (n = 44) or in skeletal muscle (n = 19) ...
A finite element model of the human carotid bifurcation was developed to investigate the possibility that pressure-induced arterial wall stresses lead to the formation of atherosclerosis. The effect of material non-homogeneity was investigated by measuring ...
