Test results are not generally part of your medical record. This information can be shared with your primary care physician if you request. The results will not impact the care that you receive. You may feel some numbness and tingling in your hand with the inflation of the blood pressure cuff. The feeling returns to the hand immediately after the cuff is deflated.
Some people report a flushed feeling or a slight headache after taking nitroglycerine.
However, this last only a few minutes. There are no risks associated with the ultrasound procedure itself. Nitroglycerin is a medicine which dilates blood vessels. Most people will have a change in the size of the artery, even if they did not with the blood pressure cuff inflation. The Vascular Function Study Group was created to utilize BART in various research protocols to gain a better understanding of the role blood vessel function in atherosclerosis.