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Scientific Update Atherosclerosis, May 2016, Volume 248, Pages 97–109 Vascular endothelium – Gatekeeper of vessel health Paul A. Cahill, Eileen M. Redmond Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Laboratory, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA  Abstract The vascular endothelium is an interface between

Scientific Update J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Feb 23;5(2) Growing Evidence Linking Microvascular Dysfunction With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Giamouzis G, Schelbert EB, Butler J J Am Coll Cardiol. 62(4):263-71.  A Novel Paradigm for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Comorbidities drive myocardial dysfunction and

Scientific Update J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2016 Mar 11 Potential of food and natural products to promote endothelial and vascular health. Auger C1, Said A, Nguyen PN, Chabert P, Idris-Khodja N, Schini-Kerth VB. Abstract Endothelial dysfunction is now well established as a pivotal early event in the development of major

Scientific Update         Liu CH, et al. Medicine (Baltimore), March 2016.         Association Between Peripheral Vascular Endothelial Function and Progression of Open-Angle Glaucoma. Liu CH1, Su WW, Shie SS, Cheng ST, Su CW, Ho WJ. Abstract The aim of the study is to evaluate the relationship between

Scientific Report from Nature Sci Rep. 2016 Mar 1;6:22341  (Free Access) Vitamin D improves endothelial dysfunction and restores myeloid angiogenic cell function via reduced CXCL-10 expression in systemic lupus erythematosus. John A. Reynolds, Sahena Haque, Kate Williamson, David W. Ray, M. Yvonne Alexander & Ian N. Bruce Abstract Patients with

Association between Endothelial Dysfunction and Acute Brain Dysfunction during Critical Illness Anesthesiology. 2013 Mar; 118(3): 631–639. In this study, critically ill patients with lower vascular reactivity indicative of worse systemic endothelial function had increased duration of acute brain dysfunction.                   Evaluate Endothelial Function with VENDYS

Circ Res. 2016 Feb 19;118(4):620-36 Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and the Pathobiology of Atherosclerosis Gimbrone MA Jr1, García-Cardeña G2. 1From the Department of Pathology, Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. mgimbrone@partners.org. 2From the Department of Pathology, Center for

FASEB J. 2016 Jan;30(1):34-40 The toll of the gridiron: damage-associated molecular patterns and hypertension in American football. McCarthy CG1, Webb RC2. Abstract American football has unequivocally been linked to elevations in blood pressure and hypertension, especially in linemen. However, the mechanisms of this increase cannot be attributed solely to increased body

Association of Peripheral Microvascular Dysfunction and Erectile Dysfunction Gerber RE1, Vita JA2, Ganz P3, Wager CG1, Araujo AB1, Rosen RC1, Kupelian V4. 1New England Research Institutes, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts. 2Evans Department of Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. 3Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General

Effects of a lifestyle intervention on endothelial function in men on long-term androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that lifestyle changes can improve endothelial function in men on long-term ADT for prostate cancer. British Journal of Cancer January 2016.   Evaluate Endothelial Function with VENDYS Digital Thermal