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Department of Dermatology, Fujioka Dermatological Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Akira is cureently working as Professor at Department of Pathology and Microbiology, her research work includes increased nitroglycerin-mediated vasodilation in migraineurs without aura in the interictal period, application in Dermatological Ultrasound. 

Publications

• Research Article   
  Interrelationship among Lipid Profiles, Arterial Stiffness, and Nitroglycerin-mediated Vasodilation in the Community-based Setting of the Japanese Women
  Author(s): Kazumi Fujioka*, Minoru Oishi, Akira Fujioka, Tomohiro Nakayama and Masahiro Okada
  
  Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether interrelationship among lipid profiles including nonhigh-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and lipid ratio, arterial stiffness and vascular smooth muscle cell function are demonstrated in a cross-sectional setting of the community-based Japanese women. Methods: We studied 42 women were enrolled in this study. The lipid parameters were assessed including non- HDL-C, triglyceride/HDL-C (TG/HDL-C) ratio, total cholesterol/HDL-C (TC/HDL-C) ratio and low density lipoprotein cholesterol/HDL-C (LDL-C/HDL-C) ratio. Arterial stiffness was evaluated by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) procedure. Brachial artery measures including flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD), nitroglycerinmediated vasodilation (NMD), brachial artery diameter (BAD), FMD/NMD ratio and post-nitroglycerin brachial artery diam.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/ 2329-9495.21.7.235

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