Equipment

• Ultrasound machine for measurement of cardiovascular function and structure
• Arterial applanation tonometers for carotid blood pressure measurement
• Laser Doppler flowmeter for skin blood flow measurement
• Automated blood pressure measurement system
• Beat-by-beat blood pressure measurement system
• Nerve traffic analyzer for microneurography
• Parks Doppler flowmeters for measurement of pulse wave velocity and ankle-brachial index
• Dell workstation computer
• Hokanson venous-occlusion plethysmography
• Colin VP-2000 for measurement of arterial stiffness and ankle-brachial pressure index
• Gould physiological recorder with Ponemah physiology analyses platform
• Metabolic cart for measurement of oxygen consumption
• Quinton treadmill
• Lode cycle ergometer
• Welch Allyn Schiller ECG unit
• Vitros chemistry analyzer