Technological expertises and capabilities

Cardiovascular investigations:

• Cardiac and vascular echography
• Echodoppler
• Holter Ecg
• Electrocardiogram
• Exercise Test
• Measure of VO2 max
• Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• Spectral analysis of the short-term variability of the blood
• Pressure and the heart rate (ANAPRES)
• Digital Photoplethysmography (FINAPRES)
• Measure of the compliance, the distensibility and the arterial diameter (Echotracking)
• Measure of the intima - media thickness

Respiratory investigations

• Respiratory Functional
• Explorations
• NIOX Nitric Oxyde Test System

Metabolic investigations

• Calorimetry
• Impedancemetry
• Analysis of food survey
• Measure body composition with DEXA

Sleep disorders investigations

• Recording of the sleep
• electrooculogram polysomnography
• electroencephalogram
• electromyogram
• Recording of the movements of the legs
• Measure ventilatory
• parameters: thoracic and abdominal movements
• Thermocouple (nasal air flow)
• Digital brine gauge
• Oesophagus probe for intrathoracic pressure measurement

Access to Equipment on the university hospital site

The CIC has a priority access to clinical research platforms of the university hospital :

• Imaging : MRI, PetScan, Nuclear medicine
• Biological investigations: routine, Hematology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology…

Biological Resource Center (CRB)

• Storage and supply of biological resources
• Dedicated personnel
• Standard operating procedures
• Access to stored materials and data for research purposes