Ultrasound Assessment of Flow-Mediated Dilation of the Brachial and Superficial Femoral Arteries in RatsDaniel R. Machin 1, Miriam E. Leary 2, Yuxia He 1,3, Yan-Ting Shiu 1,3, Hirofumi Tanaka 2, Anthony J. Donato 1,4,5,6
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, 2Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 3Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Utah, 4Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, 5Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, 6Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Non-invasive assessment of endothelial function in humans can be determined by the flow-mediated dilation technique. Although thousands of studies have used this technique, no study has performed this technique non-invasively in rats. The following article describes non-invasive measurement of flow-mediated dilation in the brachial and superficial femoral arteries of rats.
