Differences between middle cerebral artery blood velocity waveforms of young and postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-313

  Kurji, Alykhan ^a,b   Debert, Chantel T ^a   Whitelaw, William A ^a   Rawling, Jean M ^a   Frayne, Richard ^a,b   Poulin, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Estrogen; Middle cerebral artery; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTMENOPAUSE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33646804911     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000177905.94515.24     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Glagov S, Zarins C, Giddens DP, Ku DN. Hemodynamics and atherosclerosis: insights and perspectives gained from studies of human arteries. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1988;112:1018-1031.
2. O'Boyle MK, Vibhakar NI, Chung J, Keen WD, Gosink BB. Duplex sonography of the carotid arteries in patients with isolated aortic stenosis: imaging findings and relation to severity of stenosis. Am J Roentgenol 1996;166:197-202.
3. Carpenter JP, Lexa FJ, Davis JT. Determination of duplex Doppler ultrasound criteria appropriate to the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial. Stroke 1996;27:695-699.
4. Holdsworth DW, Norley CJD, Frayne R, Steinman DA, Rutt BK. Characterization of common carotid artery blood-flow waveforms in normal subjects. Physiol Meas 1999;20:219-240.
5. Heistad DD, Kontos HA. Cerebral circulation. In: Shepherd JT, Abbond FM, Geiger JR, eds. Handbook of Physiology, Section 2: The Cardiovascular System, Vol. III. Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1983:137-182.
6. 2 in the hypocapnic- hypercapnic range in humans. J Appl Physiol 2003;95:129-137.
7. 2 reactivity during normal aging. Stroke 1998;29:1311-1314.
8. Matteis M, Troisi E, Monaldo BC, Caltagirone C, Silvestrini M. Age and sex differences in cerebral hemodynamics: a transcranial Doppler study. Stroke 1998;29:963-967.
9. Meyer JS, Terayama Y, Takashima S. Cerebral circulation in the elderly. Cerebravasc Brain Metab Rev 1993;5:122-146.
10. Safar ME, Smulyan H. Hypertension in women. Am J Hypertens 2004;17:82-87.
11. Orshal JM, Khalil RA. Gender, sex hormones, and vascular tone. Am J Physiol 2004;286:R233-R249.
12. Rodriguez G, Warkentin S, Risberg J, Rosadini G. Sex differences in regional cerebral blood flow. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1988;8:783-789.
13. Takeda S, Matsuzawa T, Matsui H. Age-related changes in regional cerebral blood flow and brain volume in healthy subjects. J Am Geriatr Soc 1988;36:293-297.
14. Belfort MA, Saade GR, Snabes M, et al. Hormonal status affects the reactivity of the cerebral vasculature. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995;172:1273-1278.
15. Penotti M, Farina M, Sironi L, Barletta L, Gabrielli L, Vignali M. Cerebral artery blood flow in relation to age and menopausal status. Obstet Gynecol 1996;88:106-109.
16. Resnick SM, Maki PM, Golski S, Kraut MA, Zonderman AB. Effects of estrogen replacement therapy on PET cerebral blood flow and neuropsychological performance. Horm Behav 1998;34:171-182.
17. Maki PM, Resnick SM. Longitudinal effects of estrogen replacement therapy on PET cerebral blood flow and cognition. Neurobiol Aging 2000;21:373-383.
18. Wang PN, Liao SQ, Liu RS, et al. Effects of estrogen on cognition, mood, and cerebral blood flow in AD: a controlled study. Neurology 2000;54:2061-2066.
19. Rasgon NL, Small GW, Siddarth P, et al. Estrogen use and brain metabolic change in older adults: a preliminary report. Psychiatry Res 2001;107:11-18.
20. Sorensen MB, Fritz-Hansen T, Jensen HH, Pedersen AT, Hojgaard L, Ottesen B. Temporal changes in cardiac function and cerebral blood flow during sequential postmenopausal hormone replacement. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001;184:41-47.
21. Van Laere K, Versijpt J, Audenaert K, et al. 99mTc-ECD brain perfusion SPECT: variability, asymmetry and effects of age and gender in healthy adults. Eur J Nucl Med 2001;28:873-887.
22. 2 reactivity in normal subjects. Stroke 1997;28:2353-2356.
23. Toole JF. Applied anatomy and embryology of the brain arteries. In: Toole JF, ed. Cerebrovascular Disorders. New York: Raven Press, 1990:1-27.
24. 2-reactivity within the middle cerebral artery in extracranial occlusive disease. Ultrasound Med Biol 1990;16:763-772.
25. 2 in humans. J Appl Physiol 1996;81:1084-1095.
26. 2 in humans. J Appl Physiol 1998;85:388-397.
27. Carlson AB. Communication Systems, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.
28. Kyle MC, Freis ED. Computer identification of systolic time intervals. Comput Biomed Res 1971;3:637-651.
29. Hoeksel SA, Jansen JR, Blom JA, Schreuder JJ. Detection of dicrotic notch in arterial pressure signals. J Clin Monit 1997;13:309-316.
30. Oppenheim MI, Sittig DF. An innovative dicrotic notch detection algorithm which combines rule-based logic with digital signal processing techniques. Comput Biomed Res 1995;28:154-170.
31. Nygards ME, Tranesjo J, Atterhog JH, Blomqvist P, Ekelund LG. Wigertz. On-line computer processing of pressure data from cardiac catheterizations. Comput Programs Biomed 1976;5:272-282.
32. Starmer CF, McHale PA, Greenfield JC Jr. Processing of arterial pressure waves with a digital computer. Comput Biomed Res 1973;6:90-96.
33. Kyle MC, Klingeman JD, Freis ED. Computer identification of branchial arterial pulse waves. Comput Biomed Res 1968;2:151-159.
34. Hinkle DE, Wiersma W, Jurs SG. Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.
35. Kohara K, Tabara Y, Oshiumi A, Miyawaki Y, Kobayashi T, Miki T. Radial augmentation index: a useful and easily obtainable parameter for vascular aging. Am J Hypertens 2005;18:11S-14S.
36. Donelli A, Jansen JR, Hoeksel B, et al. Performance of a real-time dicrotic notch detection and prediction algorithm in arrhythmic human aortic pressure signals. J Clin Monit Comput 2002;17:181-185.
37. Dempsey JA, Olson EBJ, Skatrud JB. Hormones and neurochemicals in the regulation of breathing. In: Cherniack NS, Widdicombe JG, eds. Handbook of Physiology, Section 3: The Respiratory System, Vol. II. Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1986:181-221.
38. Karamanoglu M, Feneley MP. Derivation of the ascending aortic-carotid pressure transfer function with an arterial model. Am J Physiol 1996;271:H2399-H2404.
39. Nichols WW. Clinical measurement of arterial stiffness obtained from noninvasive pressure waveforms. Am J Hypertens 2005;18:3S-10S.
40. Cox RH, Fischer GM. Effects of sex-hormones on passive mechanical-properties of rat carotid-artery. Blood Vessels 1978;15:266-276.
41. Fischer GM. In vivo effects of estradiol on collagen and elastin dynamics in rat aorta. Blood Vessels 1975;91:1227-1232.