A rapid heart rate can be triggered by exercise, fear, anxiety, stress, anger, and yes—the poets don’t lie—even love. However, a consistently high heart rate could […]
An indirect measure of arterial stiffness that increases with age, your augmentation index reflects the burden your stiff arteries place on the heart. Chronic stress on […]
Augmentation pressure (AP) is a vital cardiovascular parameter that reflects the additional pressure exerted on the arterial walls due to the reflected wave returning to the […]
The maximum pressure of the heart when beating is known as systolic pressure. Between heartbeats, when the heart relaxes, the pressure is known as diastole. Pulse […]
Subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR), also known as Buckberg Index, is a measure of the health of the subendocardium—the innermost layer of the heart muscle—relative to outer […]
In the United States, one person dies every 40 seconds from cardiovascular disease, according to the CDC. And the problem is just getting worse: Between 2005-2018, […]