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Bernal B. Practical Aspects of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1733853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AbstractFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become a broadly accepted presurgical mapping tool for pediatric populations with brain pathology. The aim of this article is to provide general guidelines on the pragmatic aspects of performing and processing fMRI, as well as interpreting its results across children of all age groups. Based on the author's accumulated experience of more than 20 years on this specific field, these guidelines consider many factors that include the particular physiology and anatomy of the child's brain, and how specific peculiarities may pose disadvantages or even certain advantages when performing fMRI procedures. The author carefully details the various challenges that the practitioner might face in dealing with limited volitional behavior and language comprehension of infants and small children and remedial strategies. The type and proper choice of task-based paradigms in keeping with the age and performance of the patient are discussed, as well as the appropriate selection and dosage of sedative agents and their inherent limitations. Recommendations about the scanner and settings for specific sequences are provided, as well as the required devices for appropriate stimulus delivery, response, and motion control. Practical aspects of fMRI postprocessing and quality control are discussed. Finally, given the relevance of resting-state-fMRI for use in noncooperative patients, a praxis-oriented guide to obtain, classify, and understand the spontaneous neural networks (utilizing independent component analysis) is also provided. The article concludes with a thorough discussion about the possible pitfalls at different stages of the fMRI process.
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- Byron Bernal
- Department of Radiology, Brain Institute, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida, United States
- Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States
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Epstein SE, Beiser GD, Stampfer M, Braunwald E. Role of the venous system in baroreceptor-mediated reflexes in man. J Clin Invest 2010; 47:139-52. [PMID: 16695936 PMCID: PMC297155 DOI: 10.1172/jci105704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Although baroreceptor stimulation produced by marked alterations in arterial pressure has been shown to produce reflex changes in venous tone in animals, the effects on venous tone in man of altering arterial pressure within the physiologic range have not been clear. In six subjects, venous tone did not change when mean arterial pressure was raised by 25-40 mm Hg, although heart rate fell reflexly by 40%. Venous tone remained constant in 10 subjects when arterial pressure was lowered. This contrasted to the sustained rise in forearm vascular resistance and the persistent tachycardia that occurred. However, 12 subjects continued to respond to these interventions by transient venoconstriction. To eliminate possible emotional influences on venous tone due to the experimental intervention, venous responses were studied before and during general anesthesia in five of these subjects. In contrast to the response before anesthesia, an equivalent fall in arterial pressure during anesthesia no longer evoked a venoconstrictor response. Venous reactivity and the baroreceptor reflex arc remained intact during anesthesia, since venous tone always rose after a deep inspiration, and tachycardia always accompanied the fall in arterial pressure. It is concluded that changes in arterial pressure in the physiologic range in man do not induce measurable reflex alterations in venous tone, and that the increases sometimes seen with decreases in arterial pressure appear to be due to extraneous psychic factors.
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- S E Epstein
- Cardiology Branch, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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WOOD JE, BASS DE. Responses of the veins and arterioles of the forearm to walking during acclimatization to heat in man. J Clin Invest 1998; 39:825-33. [PMID: 13845819 PMCID: PMC441828 DOI: 10.1172/jci104102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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LYTTLE D. Observations on the mechanism of the reduction in distensibility of the low-pressure vessels of the human forearm during overventilation. J Physiol 1998; 156:238-45. [PMID: 13764637 PMCID: PMC1359882 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1961.sp006672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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FRYE RL, BRAUNWALD E. Studies on Starling's law of the heart. I. The circulatory response to acute hypervolemia and its modification by ganglionic blockade. J Clin Invest 1998; 39:1043-50. [PMID: 13825478 PMCID: PMC441848 DOI: 10.1172/jci104119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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ECKSTEIN JW, WENDLING MG, ABBOUD FM. FOREARM VENOUS RESPONSES TO STIMULATION OF ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS. J Clin Invest 1996; 44:1151-9. [PMID: 14328392 PMCID: PMC292590 DOI: 10.1172/jci105222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Previous observations have suggested that pulmonary artery pressure rises during sleep, whereas systemic artery pressure falls. A system has been developed for careful and accurate recording of pulmonary arterial pressure, and applied it to two groups of subjects: patients with heart failure, and patients with chronic stable angina. The results have largely confirmed the nocturnal pressure rise in pulmonary arterial pressure. Detailed analysis strongly suggests that the same physiological mechanisms producing a fall in systemic pressure are responsible for the rise in pulmonary pressure. The precise mechanism remains to be elucidated.
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- G Brigden
- Northwick Park Hospital and Institute of Medical Research, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
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Giles TD. George Burch and the scientist's passion. Am J Cardiol 1989; 64:1C-2C. [PMID: 2667307 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90675-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Quiroz AC, Eilen SD, Sander GE, Giles TD. The Effect of Intravenous Clonidine Hydrochloride on the Isolated Forearm Venous Segment in Heart Failure. Chest 1983. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.83.2.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Rutlen DL, Wackers FJ, Zaret BL. Radionuclide assessment of peripheral intravascular capacity: a technique to measure intravascular volume changes in the capacitance circulation in man. Circulation 1981; 64:146-52. [PMID: 6786793 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.64.1.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Changes in the capacitance vasculature influence venous return and cardiac performance, so an understanding of the effects of pathophysiologic states on the human capacitance vasculature is necessary to understand integrated cardiovascular function in man. Techniques available to assess the capacitance vasculature in man, however, have limitations. We performed radionuclide imaging of the calf or forearm in 51 patients whose erythrocytes had been labeled in vivo with technetium-99m, basing our approach on the principle that counts from the radiolabeled intravascular space are proportional to blood volume. Two-minute or 15 second count acquisitions were obtained from the calf in 42 patients. Counts obtained at rest demonstrated little variation. With veno-occlusion at 15 and 30 mm Hg, counts increased 8 +/- 1% (+/- SEM) (p less than 0.001) and 28 +/- 2% (p less than 0.001), respectively. After 0.4 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin, counts increased 9 +/- 1% (p less than 0.001). With leg elevation, counts decreased 34 +/- 4% (p less than 0.001). Response patterns were similar with 2-minute and 15-second acquisitions. In nine patients who underwent forearm imaging (2-minute acquisitions), counts increased 14 +/- 2% (p less than 0.001) and 26 +/- 4% (p less than 0.001) at 15- and 30-mm Hg veno-occlusion and 15 +/- 3% (p less than 0.001) after nitroglycerin. Volume displacements, recorded simultaneously with a fluid-filled plethysmograph about the contralateral forearm, correlated linearly in all nine patients. Thus, gamma camera imaging of the radiolabeled peripheral intravascular space provides a quantitative and reliable assessment of peripheral vascular capacity in man. The technique could be used in conjunction with gated cardiac imaging in order to assess the interactions of peripheral vascular capacity and ventricular performance.
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Brod J, Cachovan M, Bahlmann J, Bauer GE, Celsen B, Sippel R, Hundeshagen H, Feldmann U, Rienhoff O. Haemodynamic changes during acute emotional stress in man with special reference to the capacitance vessels. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1979; 57:555-65. [PMID: 459370 DOI: 10.1007/bf01491134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Even though congestive heart failure is extremely common, the mechanisms responsible for the clinical manifestations remain a puzzle. The central and autonomic (sympathetic) nervous systems are responsible for a large part of the clinical manifestations. The role of the nervous system in CHF is discussed briefly. It is evident that there are many gaps in knowledge that remain concerning the role of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems in congestive heart failure. The peripheral vascular constriction, increase in venous tone and pressure, tachycardia, sweating, dermal pallor, and tension and anxiety in patients with CHF reflect generalized sympathetic nervous system activity and the influence of the central and autonomic nervous systems on the clinical syndrome of CHF.
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Smith EE, Guyton AC, Manning RD, White RJ. Integrated mechanisms of cardiovascular response and control during exercise in the normal human. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1976; 18:421-44. [PMID: 778915 DOI: 10.1016/0033-0620(76)90010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Burch GE. Psychogenic and neurogenic effects on the intact forearm vein of man. THE PAVLOVIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 1975; 10:130-41. [PMID: 1178231 DOI: 10.1007/bf03022407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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By means of an elegant venous preparation the behavior of intact veins of man can be studied decisively. The superficial veins of man are extremely sensitive to the environment and the autonomic and central nervous systems. This report illustrates the response of an isolated venous segment of the forearm to various psychogenic and neurogenic stimuli, with change in tone of the smooth muscle of the venous segment being reflected by change in segmental venous pressure. It is shown that the superficial forearm veins can be conditioned and that they are extremely dynamic and certainly not passive conduits for returning blood to the heart.
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Zsotér TT, Gospodarowicz M. The effect of diazepam and pentazocine on the venomotor reflexes in man. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND NEW DRUGS 1972; 12:89-94. [PMID: 4480977 DOI: 10.1002/j.1552-4604.1972.tb00151.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mai KW, Meyer J, Witzleb E. Venentonus und Durchblutung in Hautgef��en bei intermittierend forcierter Inspiration oder Exspiration. Eur J Appl Physiol 1970. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00696031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Anliker M, Wells MK, Ogden E. The transmission characteristics of large and small pressure waves in the abdominal vena cava. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1969; 16:262-73. [PMID: 5354905 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.1969.4502658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Zelis R, Mason DT. Comparison of the reflex reactivity of skin and muscle veins in the human forearm. J Clin Invest 1969; 48:1870-7. [PMID: 5822592 PMCID: PMC322423 DOI: 10.1172/jci106153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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To determine the relative participation of skin and muscle capacitance beds of the forearm in venomotor reflexes, epinephrine iontophoresis was combined with forearm plethysmography so that the volume of muscle veins could be estimated simultaneously with the volume of cutaneous veins, at a constant venous pressure. With this technique not only are the cutaneous veins markedly constricted but they also are prevented from filling since skin blood flow is abolished. In 10 normal subjects, the venous volume in the elevated control forearm at a congesting pressure of 30 mm Hg (VV[30]) was 3.16 +/-0.30 SEM cc/100 cc, while in the iontophoresed arm it was 2.54 +/-0.31 cc/100 cc. Thus the forearm cutaneous VV[30] was 1.62 cc/100 cc. With a deep breath, ice to the forehead, and leg exercise, and cutaneous VV[30] decreased 19.8% (P < 0.01), 36.6% (P < 0.01), and 32.6% (P < 0.02), respectively, whereas the muscle VV[30] was not altered significantly. Similar results were observed using the isolated forearm technique and a deep muscle vein. The infusion of epinephrine intra-arterially did not decrease reflex venomotor reactivity until cutaneous blood flow was completely suppressed, indicating that the inability of the veins to react in the iontophoresed arm was not the result of epinephrine diffusion into the muscle bed. Thus, these results indicate that, in the forearm, only cutaneous veins participate in venomotor reflexes. Further, since the forearm is principally composed of skeletal muscle and the hand skin, an explanation is provided for the observation that veins of the forearm, studied as a whole, appear less reactive to stimuli than veins of the hand. An explanation also is provided for fainting which occurs during motionless standing despite intense venoconstriction, thereby emphasizing the importance of the skeletal muscle pump in the legs in preventing postural syncope.
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Karim F, Ali H. Effect of electrical stimulation of the carotid sinus on venomotor tone of the superior vena cava in dogs. Life Sci 1969; 8:791-8. [PMID: 5807311 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(69)90139-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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1. The changes in lymphatic pressure in a limb whose circulation was temporarily arrested with a pneumatic cuff have been studied.2. Stimulation of the lumbar sympathetic chain caused an increase in lymphatic pressure. It has been shown that this is a primary not a secondary phenomenon, due to an active lymphomotor mechanism.3. The increase of lymphatic tone is proportional to the rate of stimulation; peak values are reached between 5 and 9 impulses/sec.
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Paessler H, Schlepper M, Westermann KW, Witzleb E. [Reactions of venous tone in capacitance vessels of the skin under passive and active orthostasis]. Pflugers Arch 1968; 302:315-32. [PMID: 5693810 DOI: 10.1007/bf00592731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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König E, Lemp A, Nachreiner K. [On a modified method for measurement of the venous tonus in man. Load experiments in healthy individuals and patients with cardiac insufficiency]. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1966; 44:721-2. [PMID: 5990809 DOI: 10.1007/bf01790799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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König E, Flad HD, Trepel F, Lemp A. [Changes of the peripheral venous tone in healthy persons and heart disease patients in stress]. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1966; 44:640-6. [PMID: 5987969 DOI: 10.1007/bf01745896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Graf K. Distensibility of low-pressure capacitance blood vessels of the forearm in patients with vasoregulatory asthenia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1966. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02045602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Taylor SH, Mackenzie GJ, George M, McDonald A. Effects of adrenergic blockade on the pulmonary circulation in man. Heart 1965; 27:627-39. [PMID: 5829745 PMCID: PMC469748 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.27.5.627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BURCH GE, DEPASQUALE NP. Methods for studying the influence of higher central nervous centers on the peripheral circulation of intact man. Am Heart J 1965; 70:411-22. [PMID: 14330999 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(65)90191-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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CONSTANT J, LIPPSCHUTZ EJ. The one-minute abdominal compression test or “the hepatojugular reflux,” a useful bedside test. Am Heart J 1964; 67:701-8. [PMID: 14156018 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(64)90343-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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GRAF K. Zur Methodik der venösen Okklusionsplethysmografie. Die Wirkung distaler Gefässokklusion auf die Durchblutung im Unterarm. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1964; 60:70-89. [PMID: 14131832 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1964.tb02870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Schlepper M, Witzleb E. Der Einfluß einer veränderten Pressoreceptorenerregung im Carotissinus auf den Tonus der kapazitiven Gefäße des Menschen. Pflugers Arch 1963. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00363281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Schlepper M, Witzleb E. Über neurohumorale Überträgermechanismen bei der Vermittlung und Auslösung von venomotorischen Reaktionen am Menschen. Pflugers Arch 1963. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00363280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Angiotensin II was injected into an isolated venous segment in eighteen human subjects and administered intravenously into a systemic vein in five other subjects. Injections of angiotensin II into an intact isolated venous segment produced no constriction of the segment. Intravenous systemic infusion of angiotensin II produced a slight constriction of the isolated venous segment in three subjects (mean 44 mm H
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Delius L, Freund H, Gehle W, Hattingberg I, Schlepper M, Witzleb E. �ber peripher-reflektorisch und zentralnerv�s ausgel�ste venomotorische Reaktionen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1962. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01494324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BURCH GE, PHILLIPS JH. Methods in the diagnostic differentiation of myocardial dilatation from pericardial effusion. Am Heart J 1962; 64:266-81. [PMID: 13874711 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(62)90338-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hort W. Untersuchungen �ber die Lebenswandlungen der unteren Hohlvene und ihre Ver�nderungen unter pathologischen Kreislaufverh�ltnissen. Virchows Arch 1962. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00957599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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WOOD JE. Peripheral Venous and Arteriolar Responses to Infusions of Angiotensin in Normal and Hypertensive Subjects. Circ Res 1961; 9:768-74. [PMID: 13786506 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.9.3.768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The distensibility of the peripheral veins of the hypertensive subject is normal, that is, there is no evidence of peripheral venoconstriction, despite the excessive arteriolar constriction. The forearm veins of hypertensive patients respond to pooling of blood in the upright position to a lesser degree than do veins of normotensive individuals, indicating a lesser degree of smypathetic nervous activity in response to this stimulus. The peripheral veins of hypertensive subjects constrict normally in response to an infusion of norepinephrine, indicating that failure of venoconstriction in any circumstance cannot be attributed to failure of the smooth muscle of the veins.
Infusions of angiotensin produce constriction of the veins as well as the arterioles in normotensive individuals thus failing to mimic the naturally occurring state of essential hypertension. Infusions of angiotensin in hypertensive patients result in further arteriolar constriction and hypertension without concomitant venoconstriction. The results of these experiments suggest that peripheral venous responses of hypertensive subjects to angiotensin infusions may have been modified by previous exposure of these vessels to a material at least similar to angiotensin.
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