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In spontaneously hypertensive rats, treatment with a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (L-NAME) increased aortic stiffness index and altered pulsatile distension waveforms compared to untreated SHR.
The ArtLab echo-tracking system effectively analyzes aortic stiffness in rats, demonstrating that the aortic pulsatile distension waveform strongly depends on vascular wall properties.
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Suggests nitric oxide deficiency contributes to aortic stiffening in hypertension; hypothesis-generating and requires human validation before clinical relevance.
Vayssettes‐Courchay et al. (2011) studied Hypertension. N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) vs. Untreated SHR and WKY rats was evaluated on Aortic stiffness (compliance, distensibility, stiffness index, distension-pressure loop). In spontaneously hypertensive rats, treatment with a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (L-NAME) increased aortic stiffness index and altered pulsatile distension waveforms compared to untreated SHR.
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