BACKGROUND Impairment of vascular endothelial function and increased intima-media thickness (IMT) are important early steps in atherogenesis. Longitudinal data on the effect of physical activity on endothelial function and IMT in healthy adolescents are lacking. We investigated prospectively the association of leisure-time physical activity with endothelial function (brachial artery flow-mediat...

Argentina suffered an extensive foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic between July 2000 and January 2002, 3 months after obtaining the official FMD-free without vaccination status conferred by the World Organization for Animal Health. This is one of the largest FMD epidemics controlled by implementation of a systematic mass vaccination campaign in an FMD-free country. In 2000, 124 herds were re...

The most common clinical manifestations of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) are hypertension due to renal artery involvement and transient ischemic attack or stroke due to carotid or vertebral artery involvement. Patients with renal artery FMD and hypertension should undergo primary angioplasty with the goal of curing the hypertension. If the blood pressure fails to normalize following angioplasty...

BACKGROUND Although brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) predicts recurrent cardiovascular events, its predictive value for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in adults free of CVD is not well established. We assessed the predictive value of FMD for incident CVD events in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). METHODS AND RESULTS Brachial artery FMD was measured i...

Bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) virus is an arthropod-borne rhabdovirus and causing acute febrile illness disease in cattle water buffalo. Foot-and-mouth (FMD) a highly infectious viral of mammals has great potential for severe economic loss susceptible cloven-hoofed animals. FMD BEF vaccines are widely used countries where both diseases seen together. This study was carried out to determine the i...

SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF brachial artery reactivity testing in 1992 by Celermajer et al. (1), the measurement of endothelial function with the use of high-frequency ultrasonography of the brachial artery has proven to be an effective research tool for the assessment of cardiovascular risk (16). To date, 12 publications have demonstrated that endothelial dysfunction as measured by impaired flow...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Retinal vascular caliber changes have been shown to predict stroke, but the underlying mechanism of this association is unknown. We examined the relationship between retinal vascular caliber with brachial flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a measure of systemic endothelial function. METHODS The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a population-based study of perso...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extent to which music may affect endothelial function. In previous research, a link between music and physiologic parameters such as heart rate and blood pressure has been observed. METHODS Randomized four-phase crossover and counterbalanced trial in ten healthy, nonsmoking volunteers (70% male; mean age, 35.6 years) that included self-selections of music evoking joy...

AIM OF THE STUDY Endothelial function as assessed by brachial artery flow mediated vasodilatation (FMD) has been shown to be impaired in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Since diabetes mellitus (DM) has been considered to be CAD risk-equivalent, we sought to determine whether endothelial dysfunction is present in patients with DM independent of presence of CAD. METHODOLOGY One hun...

OBJECTIVE To assess the likelihood of an introduction of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) into the Malaysia-Thailand-Myanmar (MTM) peninsula through terrestrial movement of livestock. ANIMALS 89,294 cattle and buffalo legally moved into the MTM peninsula. PROCEDURES A quantitative risk assessment was conducted by use of a stochastic simulation. Patterns of livestock movement were ascertained th...