CSIE, Clinical Skills Immersion Experience; US, ultrasound; SUX, subxiphoid; LAX, parasternal long axis; SAX, parasternal short axis; SMA, superior mesenteric artery; FAST, Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma; IVC, inferior vena cava; A4C, apical four chamber; OB, obstetrics.
After cannulation of an antecubital vein and the brachial artery, fasting venous blood samples were obtained for biochemical measurements.
The stiffer the arteries, the faster this wave travels.
In our study, sliding knots were as effective as surgeon's knots in providing hemostasis in equine mesenteric arteries, but faster to perform.
Or photos of clogged arteries at fast-food restaurants, to discourage orders of double cheeseburgers?
But despite warnings that partially hydrogenated oils are the most likely to clog arteries, many fast-food restaurants say they have had a hard time finding more healthful oils that can withstand high temperatures and still make food crisp and flavorful.
The food police (you know who you are) scare us with horror stories about artery-clogging fast food.
Two years ago, Choudhury and his wife Seleha Khatun realised with revelatory clarity that their family were eating too much "artery blocking" fast food, and becoming overweight.
And while the Double Down may be a nutritionist's nightmare, it hardly stacks up to some other artery-clogging fast-food offerings.
However, ISDN may be a better choice for *2/*2 patients, because it dilated the artery as fast as GTN; moreover, larger or repeated doses of GTN often induce tolerance and oxidative stress, although ISDN can also cause tolerance.
