Artery Research

Volume 13, Issue C, March 2016
Short Communication

1. A pilot study of scanning acoustic microscopy as a tool for measuring arterial stiffness in aortic biopsies

Riaz Akhtar, J. Kennedy Cruickshank, Xuegen Zhao, Brian Derby, Thomas Weber
Pages: 1 - 5
This study explores the use of scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) as a potential tool for characterisation of arterial stiffness using aortic biopsies. SAM data is presented for human tissue collected during aortic bypass graft surgery for multi-vessel coronary artery disease. Acoustic wave speed as...
Research Article

2. Acute changes in arterial stiffness following exercise in healthy Caucasians and South Asians

Jeyasundar Radhakrishnan, Dionne Matthew, Keiran Henderson, David A. Brodie
Pages: 6 - 16
Background: Arterial stiffness and exercise capacity are independent predictors of cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to establish the acute changes in arterial stiffness using applanation tonometry following sub-maximal exercise in Caucasians and South Asians. This study also aims to establish...
Research Article

3. A new statistical phase offset technique for the calculation of in vivo pulse wave velocity

John Runciman, Martine McGregor, Gonçalo Silva, Gabrielle Monteith, Laurent Viel, Luis G. Arroyo
Pages: 17 - 27
Pulmonary blood pressure measurements were collected from 5 clinically healthy horses. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) values were calculated using five techniques, four existing (minimum foot-to-foot, F2F; maximum 1st derivative, M1D; maximum 2nd derivative, M2D; and cross correlation, CC) and the new statistical...