When most people hear the word hypertension, they think of high blood pressure. While not as common as high blood pressure, ...

Platelets tend to cluster in lung blood vessels in people with decompensated pulmonary hypertension, increasing their risk of ...

The American Lung Association launched an awareness campaign to accelerate diagnosis and improve treatment of PAH.

WE have recently studied 2 patients with symptoms of cerebral ischemia in whom a reversal of blood flow through the left vertebral artery was demonstrated. In both cases the anatomic lesion ...

Whether compression triggers a reflex, whether distal blood flow through the internal carotid artery is impeded by compression or whether both factors may be involved is often unknown. 8 In ...

chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD), or other conditions affecting breathing and lung function. An ABG can also be a helpful metric to determine the effectiveness of certain therapies and ...

In preliminary Doppler sonographic studies of healthy young women, it was demonstrated that the clitoral arterial blood flow increases following vaginal pressure stimulation, [34] slightly ...

Artery Vein Capillary Function Carry blood away from the heart (usually oxygenated blood, except for the pulmonary artery ... Contain valves to prevent back flow of blood Walls are made of ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of sildenafil on the uterine circulation and clitoral artery blood flow in postmenopausal women using color Doppler sonography.