Abstract
Intervention in the early stages of cardiovascular and kidney diseases is proven to be more effective in preventing disease progression. Large artery stiffness measurement can be a potential early predictor of future risks. The purpose of the study reported in this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of our ARTSENS® Pen device as a high-throughput vascular screening tool for risk assessment. The study was performed during a medical camp conducted for awareness and early-stage detection of kidney diseases. Screening procedures included biosample tests and blood pressure measurements. Alongside, various clinically relevant measures of the arterial stiffness were evaluated using the ARTSENS® Pen, by measuring vessel wall dynamics via our proprietary image-free ultrasound algorithms. Stiffness measurement from the left common carotid artery on 85 participants could be completed within 4 hours, employing two units of ARTSENS® Pen; this also includes time taken for all the procedures enlisted in the study protocol. The associations of carotid stiffness indices with age-, gender-, and risk factor-dependent variations were established.
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