BACKGROUND Lack of a standardized and monitored technique to start rehabilitation of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the coronary care unit. OBJECTIVE To describe the technique of and circulatory response to a 50-m walk (W50m). METHODS Experimental cross-sectional study of 65 patients with ACS; of these, 36 (54%) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), Killip I, 29 (45.2%) wi...

The present study evaluates the blood pressure profile among the Buddhist Lepchas, a tribal population, indigenous to the Sikkim Himalaya, in relation to selected biological, behavioral and sociocultural factors. The study subjects (aged 16 years and older) have been chosen from urban (Gangtok town, the capital of the State of Sikkim) and rural (Dzongu villages, about 75 km north of Gangtok) ar...

Abstract To overcome limitations of currently used blood pressure measurement devices in accuracy, continuity and comfort, we propose an approach for estimation from electrocardiogram (ECG) signals only. Thereby, statistical signal features are extracted the ECG which, eventually, serve as input to a random forest regression. The method is trained tested on MIMIC III waveform data with large ra...

The authors compared heart-rate and blood-pressure responses to typical isometric (ISO) and isokinetic (90 degrees /s) eccentric (ECC) resistance-training protocols in older adults. Twenty healthy older adults (74 +/- 5 years old) performed randomly ordered ISO and isokinetic ECC exercise (3 sets of 10 repetitions) at a target intensity of 100 % of their peak ISO torque value. Heart rate and sy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between 24-hour ambulatory arterial blood pressure monitoring and the prognosis of patients with advanced congestive heart failure. METHODS We studied 38 patients with NYHA functional class IV congestive heart failure, and analyzed left ventricular ejection fraction, diastolic diameter, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data. RESULTS Twelve deat...

The aim of this study was to assess characteristic impedance (Zc) of the proximal aorta in young and middle-aged individuals with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH). Zc is an index of aortic stiffness relative to aortic size. In the Dallas Heart Study, 2001 untreated participants 18 to 64 years of age (mean age: 42.3 years; 44% black race) were divided into the following groups based on offic...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the morning blood pressure surge (MBPS) in Chinese patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension treated with long-term administration of olmesartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist according to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). MATERIALS AND METHODS In a multi-center, prospective study, we investigated the long-term efficacy of olmesartan by ...

Objectives The association of vascular risk factors (VRFs) with incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) has been well studied. However, the association between VRFs and non-AD dementia is seldom investigated. In this study, we aim to compare the concurrence of VRFs of Lewy body dementia (LBD) to AD. Materials & Methods We consecutively enrolled patients with dementia...