METHOD FOR DETECTING ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT ARTERIAL VASODILATION DUE TO EVALUATING ALTERATIONS IN PULSE WAVE DISTRIBUTION RATE AT THE BACKGROUND OF REACTIVE HYPEREMIA Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, cardiology.

SUBSTANCE: one should detect pulse wave distribution rate (PWR) at rest by standard technique, then one should squeeze brachial artery with manometer's gasket to measure arterial pressure (AP) for 3 min. Pressure should be increased by not less than 50 mm mercury column against systolic AP. Immediately on removing the air out of manometer's gasket one should detect PWR after restoration of arterial circulation. Normally one should state upon significant PWR decrease, by 21.2%, on an average. In patients with ICD alterations of PWR are expressed in considerably lower degree and corresponded to 3.9%, in one portion of patients with ICD one may observe increased PWR. The method suggested could be applied as functional probe for evaluating endothelial arterial function being the routine trial in clinical practice.

EFFECT: higher accuracy of detection.

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