We proposed a method to evaluate the endothelial function based on the expansion rate of the integrated air cuff plethysmogram measured using the oscillometric method. This method is not affected by blood pressure fluctuations and can be used to rapidly evaluate endothelial function. In this study, the expansion rate of the integrated air cuff plethysmogram was simulated to confirm that the proposed method is suitable for assessing changes in arterial compliance associated with endothelial function. Simulation results show that this technique can be used to evaluate changes in arterial viscoelastic characterisitics. We then compared the proposed expansion rate of the integrated air cuff plethysmogram and percent flow mediated vasodilation (% FMD) (the standard indicator used to evaluate endothelial function) and obtained a correlation of r = 0.589 (p<0.05). Furthermore, in order to verify the effectiveness in determining the risk of arteriosclerosis, a receiver operation characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed. The results showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of the proposed index is 0.914, which is above the% FMD value. Therefore, the proposed method has potential for clinical use.
Resarch topics
Evaluating a Vascular Endothelial Function
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