Introduction: Assessing arterial and haemodynamic properties in response to a physiological perturbation might provide additional information on an individual's "vascular health". The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of measuring changes in carotid stiffness and haemodynamics in response to sympathetic nervous system stressors, such as the Hand Grip Test (HGT) and the Cold Pressor Test (CPT). Methods: A non-invasive protocol, consisting of two HGT's at 30% and 40% of maximal voluntary contraction and a CPT, was performed in 12 young healthy volunteers (6 males/6 females). Measurements included continuous finger blood pressure recordings (NexFin; non-dominant hand) and ultrasound measurement of common carotid diameter distension and flow velocity at discrete moments in time during the protocol (GE Vivid 7 system). Carotid distension (DD/ D), local wave speed using the waterhammer equation (PWV WH ) and reflection magnitude (RM; ratio of backward to forward diameter wave) were derived from the data. Results: Consistent with the overall increase in blood pressure, carotid diameter increased while DD/D decreased. PWV WH and RM showed high variability during both HGT's and CPT. Conclusion: It is feasible to monitor the carotid haemodynamic response to selected Artery Research (2014) 8, 178e188 sympathetic nervous system stimulus. Moreover, the analysis showed supporting evidence of specific physiological response to regulate adequately each stress stimulus.
Introduction. Assessing arterial properties and hemodynamics in response to a physiological perturbation might provide additional information on an individual’s “vascular health”. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of measuring changes in carotid stiffness and hemodynamics in response to sympathetic nervous system stressors (Hand Grip Test (HGT) or Cold Pressor Test (CPT)). Methods. A non-invasive protocol, consisting of two HGT (30% (HGT1) and 40% (HGT2) of maximal voluntary contraction) and CPT, was performed in 12 young healthy volunteers (6 males/6 females). Measurements included continuous finger blood pressure recordings (NexFin; non-dominant hand) and ultrasound measurement of common carotid diameter distension and flow velocity at discrete moments in time during the protocol (GE Vivid 7 system). Carotid distensibility (D/D), local wave speed using the waterhammer equation (PWVWH) and reflection magnitude (RM; ratio of backward to forward diameter wave) were derived from the data. Results. Consistent with the overall increase in blood pressure, carotid diameter increased while D/D decreased. PWVWH and RM showed an increase during both HGT and a decrease during CPT (see Figure). Conclusion. It is feasible to monitor the carotid hemodynamic response to a sympathetic nervous system stimulus. In this young, healthy population, the net result of the increased diameter and decreased distensibility on local PWVWH was similar for all tests (increase) and on the magnitude of reflections was different for HGT (increase) and CPT (decrease)
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