Flow-mediated slowing as a novel method for the non-invasive assessment of endothelial function

Background: Flow-mediated slowing (FMS) assesses the slowing of pulse wave velocity (PWV) in response to reactive hyperaemia, to provide a measure of endothelial function. We assessed the reproducibility of FMS  and whether the technique is sensitive to the influence of age. FMS was compared to the commonly used, but technically demanding, alternative measure of endothelial function, flow-mediated dilatation (FMD).

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Amedra Basgaran, Kaisa Maki-Petaja, Ian Wilkinson, Carmel McEniery Source Type: research