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 | | Given this, blood pressure is also a risk for strokes. | | | High blood pressure is a risk for both heart disease and stroke. | | | Blood pressure is usually at its highest when we exercise, and lowest when we sleep. |
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http://www.mamashealth.com/Bloodpressure.asp
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| | Blood Vessels |
| | Besides circulating blood, the blood vessels provide two important means of measuring vital health statistics: pulse and blood pressure. | | | Normal blood pressure ranges from 110 to 150 millimeters (as the heart beats) over 60 to 80 millimeters (as the heart relaxes). | | | Your blood pressure is measured using two numbers. |
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http://www.fi.edu/biosci/vessels/vessels.html
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| | Blood |
| | These three types of blood cells are mostly manufactured in the bone marrow (the soft tissue inside our bones), especially in the bone marrow of the vertebrae (the bones that make up the spine), ribs, pelvis, skull, and sternum (breastbone). | | | carry blood throughout our bodies: The arteries carry oxygenated blood (blood that has received oxygen from the lungs) from the heart to the rest of the body. | | | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a condition, which can occur in children, in which the person's immune system attacks and destroys his or her own platelets. |
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http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/blood.html
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| | People With Cholesterol In High Normal Range Have Blood Vessel Abnormality |
| | Leg blood flow responses to the infusions were significantly blunted in the individuals with high-normal cholesterol, compared to those with low-normal cholesterol. | | | The conclusions are based on a small study that focused on the relationship between cholesterol levels and the working of the endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels. | | | When the vessel relaxes, the diameter is widened and blood flow is increased. |
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| | Mystery Blood Vessel Disorder Implicated In 'Mini' Strokes |
| | Nearly a quarter of all strokes arise from blood flow problems in the smallest blood vessels of the brain. | | | Clinical Trial Of Newest Technology To Treat Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Begins (March 10, 2005) -- A clinical trial is underway at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) to study the safety and effectiveness of an endovascular medical device to treat life-threatening thoracic aortic... | | | Using MRI, Amarenco and his colleagues studied 510 patients who had suffered strokes and found that the subset of patients with dolichoectasia were more likely to have evidence of small vessel disease. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050308093241.htm
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| | UNC News release -- UNC scientists uncover crucial mechanism for blood vessel development |
| | New research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides insights into the fundamental mechanisms controlling blood vessel formation and may have implications for therapies such as non-surgical restoration of circulation. | | | The experiment enabled the researchers to analyze the dynamics of vessel formation in real time by performing time-lapse imaging of live endothelial cells. | | | "There have been attempts to induce blood vessel formation by manipulating the VEGF molecular pathway. |
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| | Surgeons Test Possible Treatment for Failed Blood Vessel Grafts |
| | During the procedure, a vein graft is taken from the patient's leg and bathed in the E2F decoy solution outside the body for 10 minutes, then the vessel is implanted into the patient. | | | Cambria says 1,400 peripheral arterial surgical patients have been treated with the new procedure nationwide and results will be released later this year. | | | But plaque can interrupt blood flow to the heart, brain, intestines, kidneys and legs. |
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| | Procedure to Open Blocked Arteries May Cause Damage to Blood Vessel |
| | If a stent does cause these changes in blood vessels, the next issue is finding out what effect the changes have. | | | In an editorial accompanying the study, Gregory D. Tilton, MD, writes that the group receiving stents had twice as much spasm further down in the blood vessel away from the previous blockage than did the other two groups. | | | 15, 1999 (Cleveland) -- Stents, the tiny wire mesh tubes that are threaded into blocked arteries in the heart and then expanded to create a free-flowing passage for blood, have rapidly surpassed balloon angioplasty as the technique of choice to open blocked arteries. |
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| | Molecule Links Nerve, Blood Vessel, and Tumor Cells |
| | Neuropilin was found on the blood vessels by Shay Soker, an instructor in surgery who works with Klagsbrun. | | | However, the most intriguing question, from the biological point of view, involves the fundamental link between the growth of nerves and blood vessels as an embryo develops. | | | The hope is that the same thing can be accomplished in humans. |
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| | UF RESEARCHERS DETECT BLOOD VESSEL DYSFUNCTION LINKED TO HEART DISEASE IN CHILDREN WITH DIABETES |
| | At the very least, studies are showing, the foundation for poor heart health is laid much earlier in life than previously thought, with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and fluctuating blood sugar levels initiating physical changes that can have devastating consequences years later. | | | Researchers still don’t know what the real risk of heart disease is over time for children whose vessels were stiffer; long-term studies will need to be conducted to assess that. | | | “For the study we did, we couldn’t say that because a child had stiffer vessels their risk of heart disease was X percent higher,” Haller said. |
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| | Blood Vessel Disorders - DermatologyChannel |
| | Laser treatment does not necessarily improve the final appearance and is mainly used with more aggressive therapies when vital structures (eyes, mouth, nose, urinary tract) are obstructed. | | | If a portion of the PG remains in the skin after treatment, it returns. | | | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation |
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| | Key to Proper Blood Vessel Growth in Eye and Ear Discovered |
| | While stopping blood vessel growth might help make cancer a chronic, rather than deadly, disease, treating conditions such as heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke may be helped by encouraging blood vessel growth to make up for blocked or poorly functioning vessels. | | | "Growth of blood vessels, like growth of nerves, must be precisely controlled, given the almost identical vascular anatomy from individual to individual," says Nathans. | | | Currently, the best-known blood vessel growth signal, VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor, is being tested as a treatment for peripheral vascular disease in the legs and to restore blood flow to damaged heart muscle. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Blood vessel clue to heart risk |
| | Researchers, led by Dr Faisal Khan, studied the health and performance of small blood vessels, known as micro-vessels, in a group of 11-14 year olds from the Dundee area. | | | Belinda Linden, Head of Medical Information at the British Heart Foundation said: "In the UK, more than one in five children are overweight by the time they are only six years old, and only around half of all children do enough exercise. | | | In the Dundee study, drugs were placed on the skin to trigger dilation of the blood vessels, and a laser used to detect blood flow. |
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| | UNC studies identify key genes involved in blood vessel development |
| | A grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a component of the National Institutes of Health, supported this research. | | | And as communicators, Patterson added, endothelial cells also help determine what passes through the blood-brain barrier, through the endothelium and into the brain, and what does not. | | | "And if we can create an analogous endothelial stem cell line, we can use that for gene therapy applications, for example, as a regenerative therapy for aged blood vessels. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Blood vessel clue offers bypass hope |
| | Patients could 'grow their own arteries', eliminating the need for bypass surgery, thanks to research looking at how blood vessels form. | | | Around 28,000 currently need such treatments each year. | | | Gene therapy based on the research could provide an alternative for people needing treatments such as coronary artery bypass grafts. |
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| | C&EN: TODAY'S HEADLINES - MODELING BLOOD VESSEL'S BAND-AID |
| | Ismagilov and colleagues hope that their microfluidics model eventually will lead to synthetic vessels that do not induce clotting (for dialysis or heart bypass surgery, for example). | | | Primarily, however, they see this experiment as a prototype for studying other complex reaction networks. | | | Because vessel geometry and flow are crucial aspects of hemostasis, the Chicago group also designed an artificial capillary bed to test their model. |
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| | Research On Inherited Eye Disorders Uncovers New Information About Blood-vessel Formation |
| | Understanding more about how this pathway functions could provide useful information for the development of drugs to treat the two diseases. | | | Researchers have discovered that genetic mutations underlying two inherited eye disorders arise in different components of a single intracellular signaling pathway that is responsible for development of blood vessels in the eye. | | | The first hints that the two diseases might be functionally related came when the researchers observed intriguing similarities in the blood vessel defects in the two disorders in mice lacking the responsible genes. |
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| | Chocolate may improve blood vessel health - Heart Health - MSNBC.com |
| | “There are a few basic science reasons why this might be good, but keep in mind that antioxidants also improved forearm blood flow but that didn’t necessarily pan out as an effective treatment,” said Gibson, who was not associated with the study. | | | Chocolate may improve blood vessel health - Heart Health - MSNBC.com | | | The latest study, conducted by cardiologists at Athens Medical School in Greece, set out to test whether chocolate affected the functioning of the so-called endothelial cells in the walls of the blood vessels, which are believed to be affected by oxygen damage and are considered a mirror of the overall health of the cardiovascular system. |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Actor Stewart has blood vessel op |
| | A blood flow problem was detected at an annual medical check-up, he said. | | | The actor had the procedure - where a small balloon is inflated inside a narrowed blood vessel - to prevent future problems, his publicist said. | | | Stewart, 64, is resting before returning to work next week - but was forced to miss a science fiction convention in Canada on Saturday. |
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| | Heart and Blood Vessel Basics |
| | See the path blood takes on its way through your heart and lungs. | | | See how electricity and blood flow are related, and learn how doctors record the electrical activity in your heart. | | | Find out what makes the sound of your heartbeat. |
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| | Cheney Will Have Surgery for Blood Vessel Problem |
| | Cheney Will Have Surgery for Blood Vessel Problem | | | Those in the knee tend to be less likely to burst than those located elsewhere, but they can lead to the formation of blood clots, which can break off and cause a dangerous blockage of blood circulation in the leg. | | | Vice President Cheney will undergo elective surgery to treat a blood vessel problem behind his right knee, the White House announced yesterday. |
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| | Thrombolysis, Thrombosis, Thrombus and Embolus |
| | See the Related Items box above for links to the Cardiology Patient Page in Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association: | | | A thrombus is a blood clot that forms inside a blood vessel or cavity of the heart. | | | Thrombosis is the formation or presence of a blood clot inside a blood vessel or cavity of the heart. |
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| | Vitamin C and Blood Vessel Health |
| | Three published research studies focusing on the positive effects of vitamin C on blood vessel function are reviewed below. | | | In a recent double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the effect of a single treatment of 2 g vitamin C or a 30 day treatment with 500 mg vitamin C/day on flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery was evaluated in 46 patients with diagnosed coronary artery disease. | | | Recent studies indicate that vitamin C plays a significant role in maintaining optimum health and function of arteries, the blood vessels that convey blood from the heart to the body's vital organs. |
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| | Kaposi's sarcoma virus 'reprograms' blood vessel cells into lymphatic cells |
| | For HIV-infected individuals, the best treatment has been combination antiretroviral therapy, although there are other treatments directed specifically at the lesions. | | | The most common malignant tumor seen in patients with AIDS, KS also develops in other patients in whom the immune system is suppressed. | | | The researchers first analyzed normal gene expression in both lymphatic system and blood vessel cells and identified several genes, including Prox1, that usually were expressed only in lymphatic cells. |
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| | HON Allergy Glossary Vein |
| | Excessive relaxation or dilation of the blood vessel walls. | | | Their strenght helps maintain blood pressure while the heart is between beats. | | | Smaller arteries and arterioles have muscular walls that can adjust their diameter to increase or decrease bloodflow to a particular area, depending on the body's needs. |
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| | MRI Microscopy of the Microstructure of Blood Vessel Walls and its Correlation with Polarized Light Microscopy - ... |
| | HDQF spectroscopic technique to imaging of blood vessel walls and create a new contrast based on the degree of order in the tissue. | | | The method is based on the observation of the deuterium double-quantum-filtered (DQF) NMR signal, which is indicative for the presence of motional anisotropy of water in the tissue. | | | Research so far indicates that while imaging pulse sequence and its parameters have not yet been optimized, DQF MRI may enable better assessment of abnormalities and injuries in blood vessel walls and monitoring of their recovery. |
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| | The Blood Vessel and Circulation Page |
| | We discussed pulmonary circulation last week when we followed the blood flow through the heart. | | | Now all the mixed blood gets sent into systemic circulation, some to the head and neck, and some to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs. | | | This valve would more resemble a semilunar valve or a mitral (-cuspid) valve? |
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| | New Protein 'Stop Sign' Alters Blood Vessel Growth |
| | Results of the studies, published today in the express online edition of Science, are of special interest to researchers trying to prevent blood flow that nourishes tumors or exploit the signals vessels emit during growth to help regrow damaged nerves. | | | Surprisingly, the two proteins didn't need a third that is known to work with semaphorins in other situations. | | | In new experiments, the Hopkins-led team reports on one member of this family of proteins that works differently from the others. |
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| | Atherosclerosis |
| | Learn more about specific heart conditions and diseases | | | If the oxygen supply to the heart muscle is reduced, a heart attack can occur. | | | Often a blood clot forms and blocks the artery, stopping the flow of blood. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Blood clot formation |
| | Blood clotting normally occurs when there is damage to a blood vessel. | | | Platelets, which come from white blood cell fragments, immediately begin to adhere to the cut edges of the vessel and release chemicals to attract even more platelets. | | | A platelet plug is formed, and the external bleeding stops. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Gene link to blood vessel disease |
| | A simple ultrasound scan can pick up the abnormality, but often the person will not have any warning symptoms until late on. | | | US scientists have found a gene linked to deadly diseases of the body's main blood vessel, the aorta. | | | The University of Texas team hope their findings, published in Circulation, could lead to new tests and treatments. |
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