Inter-arm blood pressure difference in post-stroke patients with hemiparesis.

The aim of this study was to investigate that inter-arm blood pressure (BP) difference (IAD) and reference arm in 420 post-stroke patients with hemiparesis. Synchronous bilateral-arm BP was measured with two automatic BP devices, and the systolic BP difference of ≥10 mm Hg was recorded as increased sIAD. The arm with higher systolic BP (SBP) was assigned as the reference arm.

Is the blood pressure different between the paralyzed and unaffected arms or legs?

Objectives: To investigate whether the blood pressure (BP) levels are similar between the paralyzed and unaffected arms or legs.

Methods: This study enrolled 236 post-stroke patients with hemiplegic paralysis. Simultaneous four-limb BP was measured using four automatic BP devices for three times, and the average was used as final value.

[Association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism with level of uric acid in serum for acute coronary syndrome].

Objective: To evaluate the association of elevation in serum uric acid with the development of coronary artery disease, and to determine the relationship between uric acid and Glu(298) Asp polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Chinese Han Nationality.

Methods: The Glu(298) Asp variant of the eNOS gene was detected by polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in 58 patients with ACS and 43 healthy controls. The severity of ACS was expressed by the number of affected vessels and by the Duke scoring system.