Browsing by Subject "Blood pressure"
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Cardiovascular adaptations to aerobic exercise in obese pregnant women : the ENHANCED by mom project
(East Carolina University, 2021-08-20)Background: Hypertension is the most prevalent problem in pregnancy affecting 10% of pregnant women worldwide. Furthermore, obesity during pregnancy correlates with complications such as gestational hypertension. Aerobic ... -
DASH Diet Education for Improvement in Hypertensive Outcomes
(2020-04-30)Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease (AHA, 2015). Although hypertension is a modifiable risk factor, 54% of an estimated one million adults with hypertension have poorly controlled hypertension ... -
Detecting Cardiovascular Emotional Dampening: An Exploration of Emotional Dampening at Different Levels of Emotion Processing
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-05)Background: Cardiovascular emotional dampening is the phrase used to describe the inverse relationship between blood pressure and emotional responsivity. The emotional dampening literature is limited, but the phenomenon ... -
In vivo imaging and modeling of artery blood pressure wave and interaction with light in time domain
(East Carolina University, 2021-11-29)Artery blood flow driven by pressure wave is essential for human life. The long-term research goal is to establish a foundation for future translation of the imaging photoplethysmography (iPPG) method into applications ... -
Role of central cannabinoid receptor GPR18 in cardiovascular regulation
(East Carolina University, 2014)The primary goal of this study was to characterize the role of GPR18 in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) in blood pressure (BP) regulation and elucidate the mechanisms involved in central GPR18 mediated hypotensive ...