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cold pressor test

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cold pres·sor test

a cardiocirculatory challenge conventionally performed by immersing one hand in ice-cold water for two or more minutes (as tolerated) to acutely raise the blood pressure, thus imposing resistance to ejection of blood from the left ventricle into the systemic arterial system and consequently acutely increased afterload (afterload = increased left ventricular wall stress).
Synonym(s): Hines-Brown test
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Genetic influences on blood pressure response to the cold pressor test: Results from the HAPI heart study.
O teste pressorico ao frio (Cold Pressor Test) geralmente e realizado de forma analoga a originalmente descrita por Hines e Brown, tal como foi publicado no American Heart Journal, em 1936.
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Pharmacodynamic parameters such as heart rate, augmentation pressure, augmentation index (Alx), subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR), radial and aortic blood pressure (BP) were recorded before and after the cold pressor test at baseline and at the end of treatment.
(2011) Autoregulation in the ocular and cerebral arteries during the cold pressor test and handgrip exercise.
KEY WORDS: Music, Pain tolerance, Pain rating, Cold pressor test.
Keywords: Pain, Cold Pressor Test, Panic Disorder, Mcgill Pain Questionnaire.
The data presentations at AAPM show that NKTR-181 produced a clear dose-dependent analgesic response in a cold pressor test, a model of pain used in healthy subjects to measure CNS analgesic activity.
However, the cold pressor test, performed by placing the patient's left arm in ice-cold water, resulted in 30-40% narrowing of the Cx artery (Fig.
Asymptomatic volunteers scoring highly on the PCS (> 24) report significantly higher pain during the cold pressor test and painful medical procedures than patients with lower scores (Sullivan et al 1995).
(27) While it has been suggested that young blacks have higher resting HRV, they have also been shown to have higher HRV in response to isometric handgrip, cold pressor test, and the valsalva maneuver.
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