explains Patrick Green, M.D., Fellow of theAmerican College of Cardiology, cardiologist at UCHealth Heart and Vascular Clinic in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Oxygenated blood returns from the lungs to the left atrium and enters the left ventricle, which contracts, forcing the blood into the aorta, from which it is distributed throughout the body. In addition, the heart employs a separate vascular system to obtain blood for its own nourishment. Two...
Lopez, Yemi Talabi-Oates, April Williams (Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts); David Truitte, MD, Cindy Baumann, RN, CCRN (Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia); Jenny Adams, PhD, Anne Lawrence, RN (Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular ...
Lewington S, Clarke R, Qizilbash N, Peto R, Collins R; Prospective Studies Collaboration. Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Lancet. 2002;360(9349):190...
Both IPre and IPost require direct interference with the blood vessels of the target tissues. On the other hand, the concept of remote conditioning encompasses an inter-organ protection, where ischemia in one vascular bed protects tissues supplied by other vascular beds11. In this frame, ...
The first group of causes includes ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease (e.g., myocardial infarction), cerebrovascular diseases (e.g., stroke), and aortic and arterial diseases, including hypertension and peripheral vascular diseases. Other causes of CVD include congenital heart defects, ...
2 National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka 564-8565, Japan 3 Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Life...