Cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidemia, or diabetes mellitus) or cardiovascular dis Atherosclerosis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking, or cardiovascular disease 2. Patients with age of 20 years old or more
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Unhealed wound in upper arm, stasis dermatitis, or shunt 2. Hypotension, cardiogenic shock 3. Angle-closure glaucoma 4. Head injury, intracranial hemorrhage 5. Severe anemia 6. Hypersensitivity to nitrate 7. Receiving treatment with phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors or guanylate cyclase activators 8. Pregnant female 9. Judgement of an attending physician that an individual is ineligible for inclusion in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Associations of Volume Elastic Modulus measured by Health Chronos TM2772 with flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD), and nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation (NID) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Associations of Volume Elastic Modulus measured by Health Chronos TM2772 with cardiovascular risk parameters and ankle-brachial index 2. Associations between brachial artery cross-sectional area measured by Health Chronos TM2772 and brachial artery cross-sectional area measured by ultrasound 3. Safety evaluation | — |
Contacts
Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University