{"id":239511,"date":"2023-04-25T19:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=239511"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:53:57","slug":"iit-m-researchers-develop-non-invasive-device-to-assess-heart-vessel-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iit-m-researchers-develop-non-invasive-device-to-assess-heart-vessel-health\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT-M researchers develop non-invasive device to assess heart vessel health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cIIT-M researchers develop non-invasive device to assess heart vessel health\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 25th April 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) have developed a device called \u2018ARTSENS\u2019 to assess the health and age of blood vessels and thereby provide early screening for cardiovascular diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is ARTSENS?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARTSENS <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a novel, non-invasive device to assess the health and age of blood vessels and thereby provide early screening for cardiovascular diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Developed by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre at IIT Madras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Features: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The device <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comprises pressure cuffs that need to be attached on the upper arm and thighs and a probe applied on the surface of the neck to detect the carotid artery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It measures carotid artery stiffness, aortic pulse wave velocity and central blood pressure, all three being important markers of cardiovascular health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The device is intended for regular medical check-ups, even by non-experts, to evaluate and anticipate vascular health.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIIT-M researchers develop non-invasive device to assess heart vessel health\u201d published in The Hindu on 25th April 2023 What is the News? Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) have developed a device called \u2018ARTSENS\u2019 to assess the health and age of blood vessels and thereby&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iit-m-researchers-develop-non-invasive-device-to-assess-heart-vessel-health\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IIT-M researchers develop non-invasive device to assess heart vessel health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[11505,10498],"class_list":["post-239511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-artsens","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704934496},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}