60
Participants
Start Date
February 1, 2017
Primary Completion Date
August 1, 2018
Study Completion Date
August 1, 2018
Arterial blood pressure
Continuously monitored for 5-30 minutes via finger photoplesmography
Vascular Ultrasound
Assessment of carotid artery cross sectional area and intima-media thickness. Assessment of brachial artery diameter
Venous blood sample
Evaluation of oxidative stress via serum lipid hydroperoxide
Skin microcirculatory blood flow
Assessed non-invasively in the forearm skin via Laser Doppler flowmetry in response to locally delivered acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) via iontophoresis.
Lafene Health Center, Manhattan
Carl Ade, M.S., Ph.D.
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