Fig. 15.1 Relationship between serum creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, creatinine clearance, and stages of CKD Recently, serum levels of cystatin C, a free housekeeping protein ubiquitous in many cellular systems,…
LV mass indexed to BSA, g/m2 < 96 in women,< 116 in men (when BMI 30 kg/m2) LV mass indexed to height 2.7, g/m 2.7 < 45 in women,<49 in men (when BMI > 30…
Mild stenosis: 0.9–0.7 Moderate stenosis: 0.6–0.5 Severe stenosis: lower than 0.5 Measuring an ABI has also been used in large-scale studies to detect PAD in the population or at the…
The measurement of VMR by TCD has been shown to be a valuable noninvasive instrument for both practical clinical work and pathophysiological research in the field of stroke and cerebrovascular…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Enrico Agabiti Rosei and Giuseppe Mancia (eds.)Assessment of Preclinical Organ Damage in Hypertension10.1007/978-3-319-15603-3_16 16. Other Methods to Assess Renal Damage Josep Redon1, 2 , Gernot Pichler1 and Fernando Martinez1 (1) Hypertension Unit, Internal Medicine,…
Fig. 14.1 Factors related to the prevalence of microalbuminuria in hypertension (see text for explanation) 14.4 Change with Treatment Considering the large intraindividual variability of UAE excretion, assessment of significant…
Fig. 13.1 Evaluation of small retinal artery morphology by scanning laser Doppler flowmetry and automatic full-field perfusion imaging analysis: example of the program output (Clinica Medica, University of Brescia; Reproduced…
Fig. 12.1 Representative image of videocapillaroscope (Courtesy of DS Medica) It is performed at room temperature after 15–20 min of acclimatization of the patient in a sitting position on both…
Year of first publication Device Methods Measurement site Regional stiffness 1984a Complior® Mechanotransducer Aorta, cf PWVb 1990a Sphygmocor® Tonometer Aorta, cf PWVb 1991 WallTrack® Echo-tracking Aorta, cf PWVb 1994 QKD…
Fig. 5.1 Normal size of thoracic aortic segments. The thoracic aorta can be divided into three segments: the ascending aorta that extends from the aortic annulus to the innominate artery…
