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Huang SJY, Wang X, Halvorson BD, Bao Y, Frisbee SJ, Frisbee JC, Goldman D. Laser Doppler Fluximetry in Cutaneous Vasculature: Methods for Data Analyses. J Vasc Res 2024; 61:197-211. [PMID: 38749406 DOI: 10.1159/000538718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/09/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Acquisition of a deeper understanding of microvascular function across physiological and pathological conditions can be complicated by poor accessibility of the vascular networks and the necessary sophistication or intrusiveness of the equipment needed to acquire meaningful data. Laser Doppler fluximetry (LDF) provides a mechanism wherein investigators can readily acquire large amounts of data with minor inconvenience for the subject. However, beyond fairly basic analyses of erythrocyte perfusion (fluximetry) data within the cutaneous microcirculation (i.e., perfusion at rest and following imposed challenges), a deeper understanding of microvascular perfusion requires a more sophisticated approach that can be challenging for many investigators. METHODS This manuscript provides investigators with clear guidance for data acquisition from human subjects for full analysis of fluximetry data, including levels of perfusion, single- and multiscale Lempel-Ziv complexity (LZC) and sample entropy (SampEn), and wavelet-based analyses for the major physiological components of the signal. Representative data and responses are presented from a recruited cohort of healthy volunteers, and computer codes for full data analysis (MATLAB) are provided to facilitate efforts by interested investigators. CONCLUSION It is anticipated that these materials can reduce the challenge to investigators integrating these approaches into their research programs and facilitate translational research in cardiovascular science.
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- Sophie J Y Huang
- Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Sanip Z, Pahimi N, Bokti NA, Yusof Z, Mohamed MS, W Isa WYH, Rasool AH. Impaired peripheral microvascular reactivity in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease. Microcirculation 2023; 30:e12807. [PMID: 37080549 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether peripheral microvascular reactivity is impaired in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). METHODS Stable patients presenting with angina were recruited and, based on results from coronary angiography, were categorized into OCAD (coronary stenosis of ≥50%) and NOCAD (stenosis <50%) groups. A control group with no history of angina was also recruited. Forearm skin microvascular reactivity was measured using the laser Doppler blood perfusion monitor and the process of postocclusive skin reactive hyperemia (PORH). RESULTS Patients were categorized into OCAD (n = 42), NOCAD (n = 40), and control (n = 39) groups. Compared with the control group, the PORH perfusion percent change (PORH% change) was significantly lower in the OCAD and NOCAD groups. No significant differences were noted between the OCAD and NOCAD groups. Additionally, the NOCAD group without any coronary obstruction takes a longer time to reach peak perfusion and had lower PORH% change compared with the nonangina control group. CONCLUSION Angina patients with NOCAD have microvascular dysfunction as demonstrated by reduced magnitude of reperfusion with an ischemic stimulus. NOCAD patients without coronary obstruction also displayed a slower response to reperfusion.
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- Zulkefli Sanip
- Central Research Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
- Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
- Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
- Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
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Endothelial dysfunction in subfertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Reprod Biomed Online 2023; 46:391-398. [PMID: 36566144 DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2022.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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RESEARCH QUESTION Is there an association between post-occlusive reactive hyperaemia (PORH) and ovarian stimulation in women with normoandrogenaemic polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? DESIGN Women eligible for IVF at an academic fertility centre were invited to join this prospective study. Microvascular endothelial function was measured as PORH by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) before and after ovarian stimulation. Metabolic characteristics, hormone profiles and biochemical markers were analysed. RESULTS Thirty-four normoandrogenaemic women with PCOS and 36 normoandrogenaemic women without PCOS were included. The PCOS group displayed higher C-reactive protein levels and insulin resistance (P = 0.048 and P = 0.025, respectively). No significant difference was found in microcirculatory function between the groups at baseline. After ovarian stimulation, PORH was enhanced in the control group (slope 7.1 ± 3.3 versus 9.7 ± 4.5; P = 0.007; peak flow 30.7 ± 16.3 versus 43.5 ± 17.3, P = 0.008; however, the PCOS group experienced a blunting response to supraphysiological hormone status (slope 8.2 ± 5.1 versus 7.2 ± 4.3, P = 0.212; peak flow, 38.8 ± 19.4 versus 37.0 ± 21.8, P = 0.895). CONCLUSIONS Impaired microcirculatory function could be found using a non-invasive LDF technique in normoandrogenaemic women with PCOS undergoing IVF, indicating early changes in vascular endothelial dysfunction. Future observational studies should clarify whether PORH measurement might help predict IVF prognosis or obstetric complications.
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Tikhonova IV, Grinevich AA, Tankanag AV, Safronova VG. Skin Microhemodynamics and Mechanisms of Its Regulation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2022; 67:647-659. [PMID: 36281313 PMCID: PMC9581453 DOI: 10.1134/s0006350922040200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The review presents modern ideas about peripheral microhemodynamics, approaches to the ana-lysis of skin blood flow oscillations and their diagnostic significance. Disorders of skin microhemodynamics in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and the possibility of their interpretation from the standpoint of external and internal interactions between systems of skin blood flow regulation, based on a comparison of couplings in normal and pathological conditions, including models of pathologies on animals, are considered. The factors and mechanisms of vasomotor regulation, among them receptors and signaling events in endothelial and smooth muscle cells considered as models of microvessels are discussed. Attention was drawn to the disturbance of Ca2+-dependent regulation of coupling between vascular cells and NO-dependent regulation of vasodilation in diabetes mellitus. The main mechanisms of insulin resistance in type 2 DM are considered to be a defect in the number of insulin receptors and impaired signal transduction from the receptor to phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase and downstream targets. Reactive oxygen species plays an important role in vascular dysfunction in hyperglycemia. It is assumed that the considered molecular and cellular mechanisms of microhemodynamics regulation are involved in the formation of skin blood flow oscillations. Parameters of skin blood microcirculation can be used as diagnostic and prognostic markers for assessing the state of the body.
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- I. V. Tikhonova
- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow oblast Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow oblast Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow oblast Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow oblast Russia
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Luck JC, Kunselman AR, Herr MD, Blaha CA, Sinoway LI, Cui J. Multiple Laser Doppler Flowmetry Probes Increase the Reproducibility of Skin Blood Flow Measurements. Front Physiol 2022; 13:876633. [PMID: 35711302 PMCID: PMC9197318 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.876633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cutaneous microcirculatory perfusion is commonly measured using laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) probes, which provide a continuous, non-invasive quantification of skin blood flow (SkBF). However, inhomogeneities in the skin’s microvasculature density contribute to a decrease in reproducibility whenever an LDF probe is removed and replaced, as is the case during pre- and post-intervention or between-day measurements. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether increasing the total number of individual LDF probes in a localized area improves the reproducibility of the measurement. Seven laser Doppler probes were secured in a custom-made acrylic holder designed to attach to the skin’s surface easily. SkBF, local skin temperature (Tsk), and blood pressure (BP) were assessed in 11 participants (6 M, 5 F, 42 ± 15 years). SkBF and Tsk were measured from the dorsal forearm (arm trial) for 5 min. Next, the multi-laser device was moved to the lateral side of the calf (leg trial), and measurements were obtained for 5 min. Each arm and leg trial was cyclically repeated three times, and all trials were separated by intermissions lasting 10–15 min. The average SkBF and the cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) from all possible LDF probe combinations were not statistically different across the three arm and leg trials. Two-way mixed-effects models with absolute agreement were used to compute the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for CVC, and the minimum ICC increased with the addition of LDF probes. The ICC of the average CVC from seven LDF probes was 0.96 between the arm trials and 0.91 between the leg trials, which suggests that there is excellent reliability and little difference between trials following the removal and replacement of the device. Moreover, all individual ICC values from ≥3 LDF probe combinations were greater than 0.70 (i.e., good reliability). These data suggest that SkBF measurements with multiple laser Doppler probes in a custom-made holder have excellent reproducibility after replacing the probes within the same participant. Therefore, this application could provide more reproducible assessments between repeated measurements (e.g., before and after exercise or clinical procedures) where the LDF probes must be removed and replaced within the same location.
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- J Carter Luck
- Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Penn State Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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Trochanteric Femur Fractures: Application of Skeletal Traction during Surgery Does Not Alter Soft-Tissue Microcirculation. MEDICINA-LITHUANIA 2021; 57:medicina57090884. [PMID: 34577807 PMCID: PMC8468761 DOI: 10.3390/medicina57090884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Background and Objectives: Wound infections provoked by alterations in microcirculation are major complications in the treatment of trochanteric femur fractures. Surgical fracture fixation on a traction table is the gold standard for treatment, but the effect on tissue microcirculation is unknown. Microcirculation could be impaired by the pull on the soft-tissue or by a release of vasoactive factors. We hypothesized that intraoperative traction impairs soft-tissue microcirculation. Materials and Methods: In 22 patients (14 women, eight men), average age 78 years (range 36–96 ± 14), with trochanteric femur fractures, non-invasive laser-Doppler spectrophotometry was used to assess oxygen saturation, hemoglobin content, and blood flow in the skin and subcutaneous tissue before and after application of traction. Measurements were recorded in nine locations around the greater trochanter at a depth of 2, 8, and 15 mm before and after fracture reduction by traction. Results: No differences were found in any depth with traction compared to without (oxygen saturation: p = 0.751, p = 0.308, and p = 0.955, haemoglobin content: p = 0.651, p = 0.928, and p = 0.926, blood flow: p = 0.829, p = 0.866, and p = 0.411). Conclusion: In this pilot study, the application of traction does not affect skin and subcutaneous microcirculation in the surgery of proximal femur fractures.
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Wang-Evers M, Casper MJ, Glahn J, Luo T, Doyle AE, Karasik D, Kim AC, Phothong W, Nathan NR, Heesakker T, Kositratna G, Manstein D. Assessing the impact of aging and blood pressure on dermal microvasculature by reactive hyperemia optical coherence tomography angiography. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13411. [PMID: 34183707 PMCID: PMC8238964 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92712-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Visualization and quantification of the skin microvasculature are important for studying the health of the human microcirculation. We correlated structural and pathophysiological changes of the dermal capillary-level microvasculature with age and blood pressure by using the reactive hyperemia optical coherence tomography angiography (RH-OCT-A) technique and evaluated both conventional OCT-A and the RH-OCT-A method as non-invasive imaging alternatives to histopathology. This observational pilot study acquired OCT-A and RH-OCT-A images of the dermal microvasculature of 13 young and 12 old healthy Caucasian female subjects. Two skin biopsies were collected per subject for histological analysis. The dermal microvasculature in OCT-A, RH-OCT-A, and histological images were automatically quantified and significant indications of vessel rarefaction in both old subjects and subjects with high blood pressure were observed by RH-OCT-A and histopathology. We showed that an increase in dermal microvasculature perfusion in response to reactive hyperemia was significantly lower in high blood pressure subjects compared to normal blood pressure subjects (117% vs. 229%). These results demonstrate that RH-OCT-A imaging holds functional information of the microvasculature with respect to physiological factors such as age and blood pressure that may help to monitor early disease progression and assess overall vascular health. Additionally, our results suggest that RH-OCT-A images may serve as a non-invasive alternative to histopathology for vascular analysis.
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- Michael Wang-Evers
- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Dermatology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, BKK, Thailand
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Lindstedt S, Wlosinska M, Nilsson AC, Hlebowicz J, Fakhro M, Sheikh R. Successful improved peripheral tissue perfusion was seen in patients with atherosclerosis after 12 months of treatment with aged garlic extract. Int Wound J 2021; 18:681-691. [PMID: 33590955 PMCID: PMC8450802 DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Patients with arteriolosclerosis have impaired microvascular perfusion leading to impaired wound healing. Aged garlic extract has shown to have a positive impact on vascular elasticity. The present study aimed to assess the effect of long‐term treatment with AGE on peripheral tissue perfusion in patients with confirmed atherosclerosis. Ninety three patients with a CT‐scan confirmed coronary artery arteriolosclerosis were randomised in a double‐blind manner to placebo or 2400 mg AGE daily for 1 year. Peripheral tissue perfusion was evaluated at 0‐ and 12‐months using Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging. Measurement of post occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) and cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) using acetylcholine iontophoresis (Ach) was conducted. After 12 months a significant increase of 21.6% (95% CI 3.2%‐40.0%, P < .05) was seen in the relative change of PORH in the AGE compared with the placebo group. The same response was seen for CVC and Ach with an increase of 21.4% (95% CI 3.4%‐39.4%, P < .05) in the AGE group compared with the placebo group. Aged garlic extract regenerated peripheral tissue perfusion and increase microcirculation in patients with arteriolosclerosis. Adequate peripheral tissue perfusion and tissue oxygen tension are important prerequisites for successful tissue repair. Restored microcirculation in patients could hypothetically facilitate wound healing.
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- Sandra Lindstedt
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Clinical Science, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Clinical Science, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Clinical Science, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Clinical Science, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Müller M, Beiglböck H, Fellinger P, Winhofer Y, Luger A, Gschwandtner M, Willfort-Ehringer A, Koppensteiner R, Kautzky-Willer A, Krebs M, Schlager O, Wolf P. Micro- and macrovascular function in patients suffering from primary adrenal insufficiency: a cross-sectional case-control study. J Endocrinol Invest 2021; 44:339-345. [PMID: 32488723 PMCID: PMC7817592 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-020-01309-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite adequate glucocorticoid (GC) and mineralocorticoid (MC) replacement therapy, patients suffering from primary adrenal insufficiency (AI) have an increased mortality, mainly due to cardiovascular diseases. Only little knowledge exists on the contribution of MC substitution to the cardiovascular risk. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of plasma renin concentration on parameters of micro- and macrovascular function. METHODS 26 patients with primary AI [female = 18, age: 51 (28; 78) years; BMI: 24 (18; 40) kg/m2; disease duration: 18 (5; 36) years] were included in this cross-sectional analysis. Intima media thickness (IMT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were investigated to assess macrovascular remodeling and arterial stiffness. Microvascular function was estimated by post-occlusive reactive hyperemia using laser Doppler fluxmetry. Baseline perfusion, biological zero, peak perfusion, time to peak and recovery time were recorded. Patients were grouped according to their median plasma renin concentration of previous visits (Reninhigh vs Reninlow) and were compared to a group of healthy women [age: 44 (43; 46) years; BMI: 24.2 (21.8; 27.5)]. RESULTS PWV was significantly higher in AI patients compared to controls [9.9 (5; 18.5) vs 7.3 (6.8; 7.7) m/s; p < .01], whereas no differences in microvascular function could be found. In Reninlow time to peak perfusion was significantly longer [6.0 (3; 15) vs 3.5 (1.5; 11) s; p < .05], whereas no differences in IMT and PWV were observed between Reninhigh and Reninlow. No impact of GC dose was observed. CONCLUSIONS Microvascular function is not impaired in patients with primary AI under adequate replacement therapy, although higher renin concentrations are associated with subclinical improvements. No relation between RAAS activity and macrovascular function is observed, while arterial stiffness might be increased in primary AI.
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- M Müller
- Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Shirazi BR, Valentine RJ, Lang JA. Reproducibility and normalization of reactive hyperemia using laser speckle contrast imaging. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0244795. [PMID: 33412561 PMCID: PMC7790538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Impaired perfusion indices signal potential microvascular dysfunction preceding atherosclerosis and other cardiometabolic pathologies. Post-occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH), a vasodilatory response following a mechanically induced ischemia, is a transient increase in perfusion and can assess microvascular function. The greatest blood flow change corresponding to the first minute of hyperemia (represented by time-to-peak, hyperemic velocity, AUC within 1st min) has been shown to indicate microvascular dysfunction. However, the reproducibility of these temporal kinetic indices of the PORH response is unknown. Our aim was to examine the inter- and intra-day reproducibility and standardization of reactive hyperemia, with emphasis on the kinetic indices of PORH, using laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) technique. Methods and results Seventeen healthy adults (age = 24 ± 3 years) completed three PORH bouts over two lab visits. LSCI region of interest was a standardized 10 cm region on the dominant ventral forearm. A 5-min brachial artery occlusion period induced by inflating an arm cuff to 200 mmHg, preceded a 4-min hyperemic period. Inter- and intra-day reliability and reproducibility of cutaneous vascular conductance (LSCI flux / mean arterial pressure) were determined using intraclass correlation (ICC) and coefficient of variation (CV%). Maximal flow and area under the curve standardized to zero perfusion showed intra- and inter-day reliability (ICC > 0.70). Time to maximal flow (TMF) was not reproducible (inter-day CV = 18%). However, alternative kinetic indices such as 1-min AUC and overshoot rate-of-change (ORC), represented as a piecewise function (at 5s, 10s, 15s, and 20s into hyperemia), were reproducible (CV< 11%). Biological zero was a reliable normalization point. Conclusion PORH measured with LSCI is a reliable assessment of microvascular function. However, TMF or its derived hyperemic velocity are not recommended for longitudinal assessment. Piecewise ORC and 1-min AUC are reliable alternatives to assess the kinetic response of PORH.
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- Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Fujii N, Kenny GP, McGarr GW, Amano T, Honda Y, Kondo N, Nishiyasu T. TRPV4 channel blockade does not modulate skin vasodilation and sweating during hyperthermia or cutaneous postocclusive reactive and thermal hyperemia. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020; 320:R563-R573. [PMID: 33085914 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00123.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels exist on vascular endothelial cells and eccrine sweat gland secretory cells in human skin. Here, we assessed whether TRPV4 channels contribute to cutaneous vasodilation and sweating during whole body passive heat stress (protocol 1) and to cutaneous vasodilation during postocclusive reactive hyperemia and local thermal hyperemia (protocol 2). Intradermal microdialysis was employed to locally deliver pharmacological agents to forearm skin sites, where cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) and sweat rate were assessed. In protocol 1 (12 young adults), CVC and sweat rate were increased by passive whole body heating, resulting in a body core temperature elevation of 1.2 ± 0.1°C. The elevated CVC and sweat rate assessed at sites treated with TRPV4 channel antagonist (either 200 µM HC-067047 or 125 µM GSK2193874) were not different from the vehicle control site (5% dimethyl sulfoxide). After whole body heating, the TRPV4 channel agonist (100 µM GSK1016790A) was administered to each skin site, eliciting elevations in CVC. Relative to control, this response was partly attenuated by both TRPV4 channel antagonists, confirming drug efficacy. In protocol 2 (10 young adults), CVC was increased following a 5-min arterial occlusion and during local heating from 33 to 42°C. These responses did not differ between the control and the TRPV4 channel antagonist sites (200 µM HC-067047). We show that TRPV4 channels are not required for regulating cutaneous vasodilation or sweating during a whole body passive heat stress. Furthermore, they are not required for regulating cutaneous vasodilation during postocclusive reactive hyperemia and local thermal hyperemia.
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- Naoto Fujii
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Physiology, Faculty of Education, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Laboratory for Applied Human Physiology, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Tóth-Szűki V, Bari F, Domoki F. Stable laser-Doppler flow-motion patterns in the human cutaneous microcirculation: Implications for prospective geroscience studies. Physiol Int 2020; 107:134-144. [DOI: 10.1556/2060.2020.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AbstractMicrovascular function has been assessed by determining the rhythmic oscillations in blood flow induced by the vasomotion of resistance vessels. Although laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF) allows simple, non-invasive evaluation of this flow-motion in the cutaneous microcirculation, the temporal and spatial reproducibility of such assessments remains unclear.In the present study, we investigated cutaneous flow-motion in three consecutive years in eight skin regions using LDF in six healthy young volunteers. The characteristic flow-motion frequency was determined using fast-Fourier transformation. Additionally, in two years a more traditional measure of microvascular reactivity, postocclusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) was evoked in the forearm after transient brachial artery occlusion (1–2–3 min) induced by cuff inflation.Well-defined flow-motion was found in six regions showing significant differences in frequency: the highest flow-motion frequency was found in the frontal and temporal regions (8.0 ± 1.1 and 8.5 ± 1.0 cycles/min, cpm, respectively, mean ± SD) followed by the scapular, infraclavicular and coxal regions (7.5 ± 1.3; 6.7 ± 1.1 and 6.5 ± 1.2 cpm, respectively). The lowest, stable flow-motion was found in the posterior femoral region (5.5 ± 1.0 cpm), whereas flow-motion was detectable only sporadically in the limbs. The region-dependent flow-motion frequencies were very stable within individuals either between the body sides, or among the three measurements, only the infraclavicular region showed a small difference (114 ± 17%∗, % of value in 1st year; ∗P < 0.05). However, PORH indices differed after 2–3 min occlusions significantly in consecutive years.We report that flow-motion frequencies determined from LDF signals show both region-specificity and excellent intra-individual temporal and spatial reproducibility suggesting their usefulness for non-invasive follow-up of microvascular reactivity.
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- V. Tóth-Szűki
- 1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- 2Department of Medical Physics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- 1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Influence of 8-Week Aerobic Training on the Skin Microcirculation in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease. J Aging Res 2020; 2020:4602067. [PMID: 32399295 PMCID: PMC7199599 DOI: 10.1155/2020/4602067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Materials and Methods In the study, 48 men took part with a stabilized and pharmacologically controlled ischaemic disease. The participants were randomly divided into two groups with 24 people in each of them. The research group participated in an aerobic march training. The march was taking place 3 times a week for 30-40 minutes over a period of 8 weeks. In the time of training, the subjects did not practise any other physical activity for 8 weeks. The measurement of skin microcirculation was done by using the laser Doppler flowmeter estimating the values of regular flow and the reactions provoked in response to occlusion and temperature. Signal frequency was also analysed which was received by means of laser Doppler flowmetry in the range from 0.01 to 2 Hz during the regular flow. Results During the first measurement in relation to the initial values, a decrease in body mass was noted by 2.21 kg on average as well as reduction of systolic and diastolic pressure by 10.4 mmHg and 3.68 mmHg, respectively. The regular flow (RF) increased after the training by 2.21%. The provoked reactions were as follows: hyperemic (PRHmax): an increase occurred by 8.76% and hyperthermic (THmax): an increase occurred by 5.38%. The time needed to achieve PRHmax was reduced by 42% and to achieve THmax, by 22%. The heart rhythm and the signal strength of neurogenic rhythm decreased by approximately 8% and 24%, respectively. The signal strength of endothelial rhythm increased by 19%. In the second measurement, a recourse was noted in the values of indicators under investigation, which were assuming values close to the initial ones. In the control group, the measurement values did not change significantly. Conclusions 8 weeks of systematic aerobic training provides a significant improvement of endothelium functioning, expressed by reactivity improvement in skin microcirculation in patients suffering from ischaemic heart disease. It points to aerobic training as a nonpharmacological effective cardioprotective factor. The improvement effects of skin vascular bed functioning in the group of patients with IHD are impermanent, and they disappear after the period in which patients did not exercise physical activity.
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Chipperfield AJ, Thanaj M, Clough GF. Multiscale, multidomain analysis of microvascular flow dynamics. Exp Physiol 2019; 105:1452-1458. [PMID: 31875329 DOI: 10.1113/ep087874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the topic of this review? We describe a range of techniques in the time, frequency and information domains and their application alone and together for the analysis of blood flux signals acquired using laser Doppler fluximetry. What advances does it highlight? This review highlights the idea of using quantitative measures in different domains and scales to gain a better mechanistic understanding of the complex behaviours in the microcirculation. ABSTRACT To date, time- and frequency-domain metrics of signals acquired through laser Doppler fluximetry have been unable to provide consistent and robust measures of the changes that occur in the microcirculation in healthy individuals at rest or in response to a provocation, or in patient cohorts. Recent studies have shown that in many disease states, such as metabolic and cardiovascular disease, there appears to be a reduction in the adaptive capabilities of the microvascular network and a consequent reduction in physiological information content. Here, we introduce non-linear measures for assessing the information content of fluximetry signals and demonstrate how they can yield deeper understanding of network behaviour. In addition, we show how these methods may be adapted to accommodate the multiple time scales modulating blood flow and how they can be used in combination with time- and frequency-domain metrics to discriminate more effectively between the different mechanistic influences on network properties.
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- A J Chipperfield
- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Bijl RC, Cornette JMJ, van den Bosch AE, Duvekot JJ, Molinger J, Willemsen SP, Koning AHJ, Roos-Hesselink JW, Franx A, Steegers-Theunissen RPM, Koster MPH. Study protocol for a prospective cohort study to investigate Hemodynamic Adaptation to Pregnancy and Placenta-related Outcome: the HAPPO study. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e033083. [PMID: 31712350 PMCID: PMC6858161 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The importance of cardiovascular health in relation to pregnancy outcome is increasingly acknowledged. Women who develop certain pregnancy complications, in particular preeclampsia, are at higher risk for future cardiovascular disease. Independent of its outcome, pregnancy requires a substantial adaptive response of the maternal cardiovascular system. In the Hemodynamic Adaptation to Pregnancy and Placenta-related Outcome (HAPPO) study, we aim to examine longitudinal maternal haemodynamic adaptation to pregnancy from the preconception period onwards. We hypothesise that women who will develop adverse pregnancy outcomes have impaired cardiovascular health before conception, leading to haemodynamic maladaptation to pregnancy and diminished uteroplacental vascular development. METHODS AND ANALYSIS In this prospective cohort study embedded in the Rotterdam periconception cohort, 200 women with a history of placenta-related pregnancy complications (high-risk group) and 100 women with an uncomplicated obstetric history (low-risk group) will be included. At five moments (preconception, first, second and third trimester and postdelivery), women will undergo an extensive examination of the macrocirculatory and microcirculatory system and uteroplacental vascular development. The main outcome measures are differences in maternal haemodynamic adaptation to pregnancy between women with and without placenta-related pregnancy complications. In a multivariate linear mixed model, the relationship between maternal haemodynamic adaptive parameters, (utero)placental vascularisation indices and clinical outcomes (occurrence of pregnancy complications, embryonic and fetal growth trajectories, miscarriage rate, gestational age at delivery, birth weight) will be studied. Subgroup analysis will be performed to study baseline and trajectory differences between high-risk and low-risk women, independent of subsequent pregnancy outcome. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (MEC 2018-150). Results will be disseminated to the medical community by publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific congresses. Also, patient associations will be informed and the public will be informed by dissemination through (social) media. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NL7394 (www.trialregister.nl).
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- Rianne C Bijl
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Adults, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine, Human Physiology and Pharmacology Lab (HPPL), Duke Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Fujii N, McGarr GW, Ichinose M, Nishiyasu T, Kenny GP. Tetraethylammonium, glibenclamide, and 4‐aminopyridine modulate post‐occlusive reactive hyperemia in non‐glabrous human skin with no roles of
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COX. Microcirculation 2019; 27:e12586. [DOI: 10.1111/micc.12586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Naoto Fujii
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences University of Tsukuba Tsukuba City Japan
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada
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- Human Integrative Physiology Laboratory School of Business Administration Meiji University Tokyo Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences University of Tsukuba Tsukuba City Japan
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- Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada
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McRae KE, Pudwell J, Peterson N, Smith GN. Inhaled carbon monoxide increases vasodilation in the microvascular circulation. Microvasc Res 2019; 123:92-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2019.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The effect of caffeine on cutaneous postocclusive reactive hyperaemia. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214919. [PMID: 30958851 PMCID: PMC6453523 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Caffeine is reported to be the most widely used pharmacologically active substance. It causes mental stimulation and increases blood pressure. Acute systolic and diastolic blood pressure response to caffeine attenuates in the course of regular caffeine use; tolerance to cardiovascular responses develops in some people. For some hypertension-prone people coffee ingestion may be harmful, and for others it may be beneficial. The aim of our work was to evaluate the effect of caffeine on postocclusive reactive hyperaemia (PORH), a test of microvascular function, and at the same time to monitor the central effects of caffeine on blood pressure and heart rate. Methods Heart rate, arterial pressure, and cutaneous laser-Doppler (LD) flux were monitored in 32 healthy volunteers (aged 25.2 ± 4.3 years) before and after they ingested 200 mg of caffeine. LD flux was measured on a finger at rest and after the release of an 8-minute occlusion of digital arteries above the place of LD flux measurement. All parameters obtained after the ingestion of caffeine were compared to the values obtained before caffeine and to the values obtained after a placebo. Results We found slightly increased arterial pressure as well as decreased heart rate and resting LD flux (Dunnett’s test, p<0.05) after the ingestion of caffeine. Caffeine significantly reduced the PORH response (Dunnett’s test, p<0.01). The power of the low-frequency oscillations (0.06–0.15 Hz) of LD flux, representing vascular myogenic activity, increased significantly after the ingestion of caffeine at rest and during the PORH response. A correlation was found between the number of cups of coffee regularly consumed and resting LD flux values (R = 0.492, p = 0.00422), peak LD flux values during PORH (R = 0.458, p = 0.00847), and the PORH area (R = 0.506, p = 0.00313) after caffeine consumption. Conclusions From the results, we can conclude that caffeine affects cutaneous microvascular function during rest and during a PORH response, and that it increases blood pressure and decreases heart rate.
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Chipperfield AJ, Thanaj M, Scorletti E, Byrne CD, Clough GF. Multi-domain analysis of microvascular flow motion dynamics in NAFLD. Microcirculation 2019; 26:e12538. [PMID: 30803094 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether analysis of microvascular network perfusion using complexity-based methods can discriminate between groups of individuals at an increased risk of developing CVD. METHODS Data were obtained from laser Doppler recordings of skin blood flux at the forearm in 50 participants with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease grouped for absence (n = 28) or presence (n = 14) of type 2 diabetes and use of calcium channel blocker medication (n = 8). Power spectral density was evaluated and Lempel-Ziv complexity determined to quantify signal information content at single and multiple time-scales to account for the different processes modulating network perfusion. RESULTS Complexity was associated with dilatory capacity and respiration and negatively with baseline blood flux and cardiac band power. The relationship between the modulators of flowmotion and complexity of blood flux is shown to change with time-scale improving discrimination between groups. Multiscale Lempel-Ziv achieved best classification accuracy of 86.1%. CONCLUSIONS Time and frequency domain measures alone are insufficient to discriminate between groups. As cardiovascular disease risk increases, the degree of complexity of the blood flux signal reduces, indicative of a reduced temporal activity and heterogeneous distribution of blood flow within the microvascular network sampled. Complexity-based methods, particularly multiscale variants, are shown to have good discriminatory capabilities.
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- Andrew J Chipperfield
- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Dermal microvessel density and maturity is closely associated with atherogenic dyslipidemia and accumulation of advanced glycation end products in adult patients with type 1 diabetes. Microvasc Res 2019; 121:46-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2018.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chai SC, Sulaiman WAW, Saad AZM, Rasool AH, Shokri AA. Skin Microcirculatory Changes in Relation to Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation. Indian J Nephrol 2018; 28:421-426. [PMID: 30647495 PMCID: PMC6309389 DOI: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_402_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Maturation of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) involves complex vascular remodeling. In this study, we evaluated the changes of skin microvascular perfusion over the extremity with AVF maturation using the laser Doppler fluximetry (LDF). A total of 45 patients with chronic kidney disease, Stages IV-V, were included; they had undergone AVF creation from July 2014 to June 2016 at our institute. The measurement of skin microvascular perfusion was accomplished proximal and distal to the fistula anastomosis site: pre- and post-operative day 1, week 2, week 6, and week 12. Thirty-two patients with mean age of 55.6 had achieved AVF maturation. There were 40.6% radial-based and 59.4% brachial-based AVF. There was a 32.8% reduction of mean skin perfusion distal to the fistula by day 1 compared to the baseline perfusion; however, perfusion increased 47% by week 2 compared to day 1 and no dramatic change was subsequently noted. There was an increase of mean skin perfusion, proximal to fistula anastomosis, over 12 weeks with 35.8% at day 1 from the baseline. However, the changes of the mean skin perfusion were not statistically significant. There was no significant relation of skin perfusion changes with the type of fistula, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. LDF successfully detected the subclinical change of skin microvascular perfusion in relation to AVF creation. Reduction of skin perfusion distal to the fistula suggests that in patients with existing perfusion inadequacy of extremities, they may experience ischemic symptoms as early as day 1 postoperation, and require close monitoring for distal limb ischemic-related complications.
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- Siew Cheng Chai
- Reconstructive Sciences Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Reconstructive Sciences Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Reconstructive Sciences Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Orthopaedic, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Kulikov D, Glazkov A, Dreval A, Kovaleva Y, Rogatkin D, Kulikov A, Molochkov A. Approaches to improve the predictive value of laser Doppler flowmetry in detection of microcirculation disorders in diabetes mellitus. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2018; 70:173-179. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-170294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Dmitry Kulikov
- Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Intense aerobic exercise lowers blood pressure in individuals with metabolic syndrome taking antihypertensive medicine. Blood Press Monit 2018; 23:230-236. [PMID: 29768290 DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There is a growing tendency for physicians to prescribe exercise in accordance with the 'exercise is medicine' global health initiative. However, the exercise-pharmacologic interactions for controlling blood pressure are not well described. Our purpose was to study whether angiotensin II receptor type 1 blocker (ARB) antihypertensive medicine enhances the blood pressure-lowering effects of intense exercise. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Fifteen hypertensive individuals with metabolic syndrome chronically medicated with ARB underwent two exercise trials in a blind randomized order. One trial was conducted after taking their habitual dose of ARB (ARB MED trial) and another after 48 h of placebo medicine (i.e. dextrose; PLAC trial). RESULTS After placebo medication, brachial systolic blood pressure increased by 5.5 mmHg [P=0.009; effect size (ES)=0.476] and diastolic by 2.5 mmHg (P=0.030; ES=0.373). Exercise reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressures to the same extent in ARB MED and PLAC trials (7 and 8 mmHg, respectively, for systolic and 5 and 4 mmHg, respectively, for diastolic, all P<0.05). Pulsatile measures of arterial stiffness did not reveal an interaction effect between exercise and medication. However, postocclusion reactive hyperemia increased after exercise only in the ARB MED trial (361±169 to 449±240% from baseline; P=0.033; ES=0.429). CONCLUSION ARBs and a bout of intense exercise each have an independent effect on lowering blood pressure in hypertensive individuals, and these effects are additive.
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Mora‐Rodriguez R, Ramirez‐Jimenez M, Fernandez‐Elias VE, Guio de Prada MV, Morales‐Palomo F, Pallares JG, Nelson RK, Ortega JF. Effects of aerobic interval training on arterial stiffness and microvascular function in patients with metabolic syndrome. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2018; 20:11-18. [PMID: 29106772 PMCID: PMC8031296 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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The authors determined the effect of high-intensity aerobic interval training on arterial stiffness and microvascular dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome with hypertension. Applanation tonometry was used to measure arterial stiffness and laser Doppler flowmetry to assess microvascular dysfunction before and after 6 months of stationary cycling (training group; n = 23) in comparison to a group that remained sedentary (control group; n = 23). While no variable improved in controls, hypertension fell from 79% (59%-91%) to 41% (24%-61%) in the training group, resulting in lower systolic and diastolic pressures than controls (-12 ± 3 and -6 ± 2 mm Hg, P < .008). Arterial stiffness declined (-17% augmentation index, P = .048) and reactive hyperemia increased (20%, P = .028) posttreatment in the training group vs controls. Blood constituents associated with arterial stiffness and a prothrombotic state (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, platelets, and erythrocytes) remained unchanged in the training and control groups. In summary, 6 months of an intense aerobic exercise program reduced both arterial stiffness and microvascular dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome despite unchanged blood-borne cardiovascular risk factors. Training lowers blood flow resistance in central and peripheral vascular beds in a coordinated fashion, resulting in clinically relevant reductions in hypertension.
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- Human Performance and Sports ScienceUniversity of MurciaSan JavierSpain
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- Exercise and Health Sciences DivisionCentral Michigan UniversityMount PleasantMIUSA
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- Exercise Physiology Lab at ToledoUniversity of Castilla‐La ManchaToledoSpain
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Kulikov DA, Glazkov AA, Kovaleva YA, Balashova NV, Kulikov AV. Prospects of Laser Doppler flowmetry application in assessment of skin microcirculation in diabetes. DIABETES MELLITUS 2017. [DOI: 10.14341/dm8014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This review includes results of scientific and clinical use of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in patients with diabetes mellitus. LDF is a non-invasive method for the quantitative evaluation of microcirculation, which can assess microcirculatory rhythms and conduct functional tests with various impacts, allowing the exploration of regulatory mechanisms of microcirculation.
LDF reveals specific diabetes changes in the regulatory function of microcirculation. Microcirculation disturbances, which are traditionally associated with the pathogenesis of complications, also occur in patients with early disorders of carbohydrate metabolism and may precede the manifestation of diabetes. However, this method is still not applied in clinical practice. In this review, we analysed factors limiting the implementation of LDF in practical medicine and suggest ways to improve its clinical significance.
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Thorn C, Knight B, Pastel E, McCulloch L, Patel B, Shore A, Kos K. Adipose tissue is influenced by hypoxia of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome independent of obesity. DIABETES & METABOLISM 2017; 43:240-247. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Marche P, Dubois S, Abraham P, Parot-Schinkel E, Gascoin L, Humeau-Heurtier A, Ducluzeau PH, Mahe G. Neurovascular microcirculatory vasodilation mediated by C-fibers and Transient receptor potential vanilloid-type-1 channels (TRPV 1) is impaired in type 1 diabetes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44322. [PMID: 28287157 PMCID: PMC5347083 DOI: 10.1038/srep44322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Microvascular dysfunction may have an early onset in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and can precede major complications. Our objectives were to assess the endothelial-dependent (acetylcholine, ACh; and post-occlusive hyperemia, PORH), non-endothelial-dependent (sodium nitroprusside, SNP) and neurovascular-dependent (local heating, LH and current induced vasodilation, CIV) microcirculatory vasodilation in T1D patients compared with matched control subjects using a laser speckle contrast imager. Seventeen T1D patients - matched with 17 subjects according to age, gender, Body-Mass-Index, and smoking status - underwent macro- and microvascular investigations. The LH early peak assessed the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 channels (TRPV1) mediated vasodilation, whereas the plateau assessed the Nitirc-Oxyde (NO) and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) pathways. PORH explored sensory nerves and (EDHF), while CIV assessed sensory nerves (C-fibers) and prostaglandin-mediated vasodilation. Using neurological investigations, we observed that C-fiber and A-delta fiber functions in T1D patients were similar to control subjects. PORH, CIV, LH peak and plateau vasodilations were significantly decreased in T1D patients compared to controls, whereas there was no difference between the two groups for ACh and SNP vasodilations. Neurovascular microcirculatory vasodilations (C-fibers and TRPV 1-mediated vasodilations) are impaired in TD1 patients whereas no abnormalities were found using clinical neurological investigations. Clinicaltrials: No. NCT02538120.
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- P Marche
- Endocrinology Department, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Endocrinology Department, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Laboratory of Vascular Investigations, University Hospital of Angers, UMR CNRS6214/INSERM1083, LUNAM Université, Angers, France
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- Methodology and Biostatistics Unit, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Laboratory of Vascular Investigations, University Hospital of Angers, UMR CNRS6214/INSERM1083, LUNAM Université, Angers, France
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- University of Angers, LARIS - Laboratoire Angevin de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes, Angers, France
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- Endocrinology Department, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
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- INSERM Clinical Investigation Center (CIC 14 14), Rennes, France, Université de Rennes 1 and LUNAM University, Inserm 1083/CNRS 6214, Faculty of Medicine, Angers, France
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Evaluation of surface blood flow in intact and ruptured canine cruciate ligaments using laser Doppler flowmetry. Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2016; 29:361-8. [PMID: 27439659 DOI: 10.3415/vcot-15-08-0142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) to measure surface blood flow in canine cruciate ligaments, compare measurements in different sites of intact and partially ruptured canine cranial cruciate ligaments (CrCL) and intact caudal cruciate ligaments (CaCL), and investigate any association between surface blood flow in partially ruptured CrCL and synovitis or duration of clinical signs. STUDY DESIGN Case-controlled clinical study. ANIMALS Sixteen dogs with partially ruptured CrCL and five dogs with intact CrCL. METHODS Blood cell flux (BCF) readings during three measurement cycles using LDF at two sites in each ligament (mid-substance and the distal portion of the CrCL, and mid-substance and the proximal portion of the CaCL) were recorded. Synovial changes were graded grossly and histologically using the Osteoarthritis Research Society International histopathology scoring system. RESULTS The within-run coefficients of variation (CV) for a single BCF measurement cycle were 12.2% and 12.7% in the ruptured and intact CrCL groups, respectively. The between-run CV for three measurement cycles was 20.8% and 14.8%, respectively. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC, absolute agreement) was 0.66 for a single measurement cycle and 0.86 for the average of three cycles. No difference in average BCF readings was found between any two sites in either group, but BCF readings in both CrCL sites were significantly higher in the ruptured CrCL group than the intact CrCL group. No associations between BCF and synovial grades or duration of lameness were identified. CONCLUSIONS Laser Doppler flowmetry can be used to assess surface blood flow in intact and partially ruptured canine cruciate ligaments with acceptable precision. Using this method, surface blood flow appears greater in partially ruptured canine CrCL than intact CrCL. Further studies are required to determine if this is a sequela of trauma or synovitis.
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Seliger SL, Salimi S, Pierre V, Giffuni J, Katzel L, Parsa A. Microvascular endothelial dysfunction is associated with albuminuria and CKD in older adults. BMC Nephrol 2016; 17:82. [PMID: 27412615 PMCID: PMC4944235 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-016-0303-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Impairment in glomerular endothelial function likely plays a major role in the development of albuminuria and CKD progression. Glomerular endothelial dysfunction may reflect systemic microvascular dysfunction, accounting in part for the greater cardiovascular risk in patients with albuminuria. Prior studies of vascular function in CKD have focused on conduit artery function or those with ESRD, and have not examined microvascular endothelial function with albuminuria. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study among older hypertensive male veterans with stage 1–4 CKD, and hypertensive controls without CKD. Microvascular function was quantified by two distinct Laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF) measures: peak responses to 1) post-occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) and 2) thermal hyperemia (TH), measured on forearm skin. Associations of each LDF measure with albuminuria, eGFR, and CKD status were estimated using correlation coefficients and multiple linear regression, accounting for potential confounders. Results Among 66 participants (mean age 69.2 years), 36 had CKD (mean eGFR 46.1 cc/min/1.73 m2; 30.6 % with overt albuminuria). LDF responses to PORH and TH were 43 and 39 % significantly lower in multivariate analyses among those with macroalbuminuria compared to normoalbuminuria, (β= − 0.42, p = 0.009 and β= −0.37, p = 0.01, respectively). Those with CKD had a 23.9 % lower response to PORH compared to controls (p = 0.02 after adjustment). In contrast, TH responses did not differ between those with and without CKD. Conclusions Microvascular endothelial function was strongly associated with greater albuminuria and CKD, independent of diabetes and blood pressure. These findings may explain in part the excess systemic cardiovascular risk associated with albuminuria and CKD.
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- Stephen L Seliger
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene Street, Room N3W143, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. .,Medicine, VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, USA.
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- Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- GRECC, VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene Street, Room N3W143, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,GRECC, VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene Street, Room N3W143, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.,Medicine, VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore, USA
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Bond B, Williams CA, Barker AR. The reliability of a single protocol to determine endothelial, microvascular and autonomic functions in adolescents. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2016; 37:703-709. [DOI: 10.1111/cpf.12362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Bert Bond
- Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre; Sport and Health Sciences; College of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Exeter; Exeter EX1 2LU UK
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- Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre; Sport and Health Sciences; College of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Exeter; Exeter EX1 2LU UK
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- Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre; Sport and Health Sciences; College of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Exeter; Exeter EX1 2LU UK
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Park HS, Yun HM, Jung IM, Lee T. Role of Laser Doppler for the Evaluation of Pedal Microcirculatory Function in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients. Microcirculation 2016; 23:44-52. [DOI: 10.1111/micc.12254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hyung Sub Park
- Department of Surgery; Seoul National University Bundang Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Gyeonggi Korea
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- Department of Surgery; Seoul National University Bundang Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Gyeonggi Korea
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- Department of Surgery; Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Surgery; Seoul National University Bundang Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Gyeonggi Korea
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Bocchi L, Evangelisti A, Barrella M, Bevilacqua M. Shape analysis of the microcirculatory flow wave. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:2147-58. [PMID: 26333986 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/10/2147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The cardiovascular system and its alterations are a crucial aspect of physiology and medicine. Non-invasive assessment of the functional properties of circulation is of considerable interest to clinicians and physiologists. In this work we investigate the possibility of detecting alterations of the flow waveform in microcirculation, using non-invasive measurements based on a laser Doppler flowmeter. As a test case, we focus on the effect of ageing. Skin is warmed up to a fixed temperature (44 °C) during measurement, to increase blood flow. The shape of the perfusion waveform during each heart beat after the flow was stabilized was used to estimate dynamic parameters of the microcirculatory system. Both the wave rise time, defined as the delay between the diastolic minimum and the following systolic maximum, and the oscillation fraction, defined as the normalized difference between the maximum and minimum flow, present significant variation with age.
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- L Bocchi
- Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy
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In diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy impaired microvascular function is related to long lasting metabolic control and low grade inflammatory process. Microvasc Res 2015; 101:143-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Jonasson H, Fredriksson I, Pettersson A, Larsson M, Strömberg T. Oxygen saturation, red blood cell tissue fraction and speed resolved perfusion - A new optical method for microcirculatory assessment. Microvasc Res 2015; 102:70-7. [PMID: 26279347 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2015.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We have developed a new fiber-optic system that combines diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF) for a multi-modal assessment of the microcirculation. Quantitative data is achieved with an inverse Monte Carlo algorithm based on an individually adaptive skin model. The output parameters are calculated from the model and given in absolute units: hemoglobin oxygen saturation (%), red blood cell (RBC) tissue fraction (%), and the speed resolved RBC perfusion separated into three speed regions; 0-1mm/s, 1-10mm/s and above 10mm/s (% mm/s). The aim was to explore microcirculatory parameters using the new optical method, integrating DRS and LDF in a joint skin model, during local heating of the dorsal foot and venous and arterial occlusion of the forearm in 23 healthy subjects (age 20-28years). There were differences in the three speed regions in regard to blood flow changes due to local heating, where perfusion for high speeds increased the most. There was also a high correlation between changes in oxygenation and changes in perfusion for higher speeds. Oxygen saturation at baseline was 44% on foot, increasing to 83% at plateau after heating. The larger increase in perfusion for higher speeds than for lower speeds together with the oxygenation increase during thermal provocation, shows a local thermoregulatory blood flow in presumably arteriolar dermal vessels. In conclusion, there are improved possibilities to assess microcirculation using integrated DRS and LDF in a joint skin model by enabling both oxygenation and speed resolved blood flow assessment simultaneously and in the same skin site. Output parameters in absolute units may also yield new insights about the microcirculatory system.
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- Hanna Jonasson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden; Perimed AB, Datavägen 9A, 175 43 Järfälla, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Barwick A, Lanting S, Chuter V. Intra-tester and inter-tester reliability of post-occlusive reactive hyperaemia measurement at the hallux. Microvasc Res 2015; 99:67-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pontes IEA, Afra KF, Silva JR, Borges PSN, Clough GF, Alves JGB. Microvascular reactivity in women with gestational diabetes mellitus studied during pregnancy. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2015; 7:27. [PMID: 26056535 PMCID: PMC4459465 DOI: 10.1186/s13098-015-0017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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AIM To compare microvascular reactivity assessed in the skin using laser Doppler fluximetry (LDF) in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and gestational age-matched control during pregnancy. METHODS 110 pregnant women at ~33 weeks gestation participated in the study. Skin microvascular reactivity was evaluated by LDF, at rest, during the response to brief arterial occlusion (post occlusive hyperaemic response) and during sympathetically mediated vasoconstrictor response to deep inspiratory breath hold. RESULTS No statistically significant differences were found in the microvascular variables studied (resting and maximum rate flux, post-ischaemic reactive hyperaemia and deep inspiratory breath holds) between +GDM and -GDM groups women. In women with GDM there was a negative correlation between resting flux and the response to the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), r = -0.282 (p = 0.037). There was also a negative correlation between the response to the OGTT and the sympathetically mediated constrictor response to inspiratory breath holds (r = -.298, p = .030) but not in women with GDM (r = .102, r = .468). CONCLUSION Attenuated microvascular reactivity as an early marker of endothelial dysfunction is not present in women with GDM when assessed during pregnancy.
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- Isabelle EA Pontes
- />Mother and Child Unit, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Rua dos Coelhos, 300, 50070-550 Boa Vista Recife, Pernambuco Brazil
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- />Mother and Child Unit, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Rua dos Coelhos, 300, 50070-550 Boa Vista Recife, Pernambuco Brazil
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- />Mother and Child Unit, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Rua dos Coelhos, 300, 50070-550 Boa Vista Recife, Pernambuco Brazil
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- />Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- />Mother and Child Unit, Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Rua dos Coelhos, 300, 50070-550 Boa Vista Recife, Pernambuco Brazil
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Zyoud S, Al-Jabi S, Sweileh W, Awang R. A bibliometric analysis of research productivity of Malaysian publications in leading toxicology journals during a 10-year period (2003-2012). Hum Exp Toxicol 2014; 33:1284-93. [PMID: 24505047 DOI: 10.1177/0960327113514101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Toxicology in Malaysia has experienced rapid development and made great progress in education and research in conjunction with economic development in Malaysia over the past two decades. OBJECTIVES The main objectives of this study were to analyse the research originating from Malaysia and published in toxicology journals and to examine the authorship pattern and the citations retrieved from the Scopus database. METHODS Data from 1 January 2003 till 31 December 2012 were searched for documents with specific words in the toxicology field as a 'source title' and Malaysia as an affiliation country. Research productivity was evaluated based on a methodology we developed and used in other bibliometric studies by analysing: (a) total and trends of contributions in toxicology fields between 2003 and 2012; (b) Malaysian authorship pattern and productivity; (c) collaboration patterns; (d) journals in which Malaysian researchers publish; (e) the classification of journals to Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) or non-ISI; (f) impact factors (IFs) of all publications; and (g) citations received by the publications. RESULTS In total, 290 documents were retrieved from 55 international peer-reviewed toxicology journals. The quantity of publication increased by around 10-fold from 2003 to 2012. The h-index of the retrieved documents was 20. Of the 55 journal titles, 42 (76.4%) have their IF listed in the journal citation reports 2012. Forty-two documents (14.5%) were published in journals that had no official IF. The total number of citations, at the time of manuscript writing (5 August 2013), was 1707, with a median (interquartile range) of 3 (0-7). Malaysia collaborated mostly with countries in the Asia-Pacific regions (18.3%), especially India and Japan, followed by the Middle East and Africa (10.0%), especially Palestine and Yemen. CONCLUSION The present data show a promising rise and a good start for toxicology research activity in Malaysia. The sharing of relevant research questions by developed and developing countries can lead to research opportunities in the field of toxicology.
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- Sh Zyoud
- Poison Control and Drug Information Center (PCDIC), College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Information, National Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Information, National Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
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Effect of bariatric surgery on microvascular dysfunction associated to metabolic syndrome: a 12-month prospective study. Int J Obes (Lond) 2014; 38:1410-5. [PMID: 24468701 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the effect of weight loss after bariatric surgery on microvascular function in morbidly obese patients with and without metabolic syndrome (MetS). METHODS A cohort of morbidly obese patients with and without MetS was studied before surgery and after 12 months of surgery. Healthy lean controls were also examined. Microvascular function was assessed by postocclusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) at forearm skin evaluated by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) was calculated from laser-Doppler skin blood flow and blood pressure. Regression analysis was performed to assess the contribution of different clinical, metabolic and biochemical parameters to microvascular function. RESULTS Before surgery, 62 obese patients, 39 with MetS and 23 without MetS, and 30 lean control subjects were analyzed. The absolute area under the hyperemic curve (AUC(H)) CVC of PORH was significantly decreased in obese patients compared with lean control subjects. One year after surgery, AUC(H) CVC significantly increased in patients free of MetS, including patients that had MetS before surgery. In contrast, AUC(H) CVC did not significantly change in patients in whom MetS persisted after surgery. Stepwise multivariate regression analysis showed that only changes in HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) and oxidized LDL (oxLDL) independently predicted improvement of AUC(H) after surgery. These two variables together accounted for 40.9% of the variability of change in AUC(H) CVC after surgery. CONCLUSIONS Bariatric surgery could significantly improve microvascular dysfunction in obese patients, but only in patients free of MetS after surgery. Improvement of microvascular dysfunction is strictly associated to postoperative increase in HDL-C levels and decrease in oxLDL levels.
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Wojtkiewicz S, Wojcik-Sosnowska E, Jasik M, Maniewski R, Karnafel W, Liebert A. Assessment of speed distribution of red blood cells in the microvascular network in healthy volunteers and type 1 diabetes using laser Doppler spectra decomposition. Physiol Meas 2014; 35:283-95. [PMID: 24434915 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/2/283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We applied a recently reported method of decomposition of laser Doppler power density spectra for in vivo monitoring of speed distributions of red blood cells (RBCs) in the microvascular network. The spectrum decomposition technique allows us to derive the distribution of RBC speed (in absolute units (mm s(-1))) versus RBC concentration (in arbitrary units). We carried out postocclusive reactive hyperaemia (PORH) test in 15 healthy volunteers and 21 diabetic patients in which the duration of type 1 diabetes was longer than 10 years. Measurements were carried out simultaneously with the use of a typical laser Doppler commercial instrument and speed resolved laser Doppler instrument utilizing the new technique based on decomposition of the laser Doppler spectra. We show that for the classical laser Doppler instrument, none of the PORH parameters revealed a statistical significance of difference between the groups analyzed. In contrast, the RBC speed distributions obtained from laser Doppler spectra during rest in the control group and type 1 diabetes are statistically significant. This result suggests that speed distribution measurements in the rest state (without any kind of stimulation test) allows for the assessment of microcirculation disorders. Measurements carried out in healthy subjects show that the first moment of speed distributions (mean speed of the distributions) is 2.32 ± 0.54 mm s(-1) and 2.57 ± 0.41 mm s(-1) for optodes located on the toe and finger of the hand, respectively. Respective values in type 1 diabetes were higher: 3.00 ± 0.36 mm s(-1) and 3.10 ± 0.48 mm s(-1).
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- S Wojtkiewicz
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland
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Skin blood flow dynamics and its role in pressure ulcers. J Tissue Viability 2013; 22:25-36. [PMID: 23602509 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pressure ulcers are a significant healthcare problem affecting the quality of life in wheelchair bounded or bed-ridden people and are a major cost to the healthcare system. Various assessment tools such as the Braden scale have been developed to quantify the risk level of pressure ulcers. These tools have provided an initial guideline on preventing pressure ulcers while additional assessments are needed to improve the outcomes of pressure ulcer prevention. Skin blood flow function that determines the ability of the skin in response to ischemic stress has been proposed to be a good indicator for identifying people at risk of pressure ulcers. Wavelet spectral and nonlinear complexity analyses have been performed to investigate the influences of the metabolic, neurogenic and myogenic activities on microvascular regulation in people with various pathological conditions. These findings have contributed to the understanding of the role of ischemia and viability on the development of pressure ulcers. The purpose of the present review is to provide an introduction of the basic concepts and approaches for the analysis of skin blood flow oscillations, and present an overview of the research results obtained so far. We hope this information may contribute to the development of better clinical guidelines for the prevention of pressure ulcers.
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Mahe G, Abraham P, Le Faucheur A, Bruneau A, Humeau-Heurtier A, Durand S. Cutaneous microvascular functional assessment during exercise: a novel approach using laser speckle contrast imaging. Pflugers Arch 2013; 465:451-8. [PMID: 23328863 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1215-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cardiovascular diseases are often revealed during exercise and are associated with cutaneous blood flow (CBF) dysfunction. Studies of CBF during exercise are consequently of interest. Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) allows for non-contact and real-time recording of CBF at rest. We tested whether LSCI could allow the study of CBF during a cycling exercise using a specific signal treatment procedure that removes movement-induced artefacts from the LSCI raw signal. We recorded the baseline CBF and peak post-occlusive reactive hyperaemia (PORH) from the cutaneous forearm using LSCI and the mean blood pressure before and during cycling (80 W at 70 rpm) in nine healthy subjects. We determined the cross-correlation coefficient r between LSCI traces obtained before and during cycling and before and after a specifically designed signal processing technique. The results are presented as the median (25th-75th centile) and expressed as the cutaneous vascular conductance (laser speckle perfusion units (LSPU) per millimetre of mercury). Cross-correlation r increased from 0.226 ± 0.140 before to 0.683 ± 0.170 after post-processing. After signal processing, the peak PORH during exercise was reduced [0.38 (0.30-0.52) LSPU/mmHg] compared with the peak PORH during the non-exercise phase [0.69 (0.63-0.74) LSPU/mmHg, p < 0.01], whereas no difference was found between the baseline values. With adequate signal processing, LSCI appears valuable for investigating CBF during exercise. During constant-load lower limb cycling exercise, the upper limb peak PORH is reduced compared with the peak PORH during non-exercise. The underlying mechanisms warrant further investigations in both healthy (trained) subjects and diseased (e.g., coronary heart disease) patients.
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- Laboratory of Vascular Investigations, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France.
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Bapat M, Musikantow D, Khmara K, Chokshi P, Khanna N, Galligan S, Kamran H, Salciccioli L, Barone FC, Lazar JM. Comparison of passive leg raising and hyperemia on macrovascular and microvascular responses. Microvasc Res 2012; 86:30-3. [PMID: 23261755 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Passive leg raising is a simple diagnostic maneuver that has been proposed as a measure of arterial vasodilator reserve and possibly endothelial function. While passive leg raising has previously been shown to lower blood pressure, increase flow velocity and cause brachial artery dilation, its effects on microvascular flow has not been well studied. Also, passive leg raising has been directly compared previously to upper arm but never to lower arm occlusion of blood flow induced hyperemia responses. We compared changes in macrovascular indices measured by brachial artery ultrasound and microvascular perfusion measured by Laser Doppler Flowmetry induced by passive leg raising to those provoked by upper arm and lower arm induced hyperemia in healthy subjects. Upper arm induced hyperemia increased mean flow velocity by 398%, induced brachial artery dilatation by 16.3%, and increased microvascular perfusion by 246% (p<.05 for all). Lower arm induced hyperemia increased flow velocity by 227%, induced brachial artery dilatation by 10.8%, and increased microvascular perfusion by 281%. Passive leg raising increased flow velocity by 29% and brachial artery dilatation by 5.6% (p<.05 for all), but did not change microvascular perfusion (-5%, p=ns). In conclusion, passive leg raising increases flow velocity orders of magnitude less than does upper arm or lower arm induced hyperemia. Passive leg raising-induced brachial artery dilatation is less robust than either of these hyperemic techniques. Finally, although upper arm and lower arm hyperemia elicits macrovascular and microvascular responses, passive leg raising elicits only macrovascular responses.
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- Manasi Bapat
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098, USA
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Tikhonova IV, Tankanag AV, Chemeris NK. Age-related changes of skin blood flow during postocclusive reactive hyperemia in human. Skin Res Technol 2012; 19:e174-81. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00624.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Irina V. Tikhonova
- Institute of Cell Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Institutskaya st. 3; Pushchino; Moscow Region; 142290; Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Institutskaya st. 3; Pushchino; Moscow Region; 142290; Russia
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- Institute of Cell Biophysics; Russian Academy of Sciences; Institutskaya st. 3; Pushchino; Moscow Region; 142290; Russia
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Schlager O, Hammer A, Willfort-Ehringer A, Fritsch M, Rami-Merhar B, Schober E, Nagl K, Giurgea A, Margeta C, Zehetmayer S, Schernthaner GH, Koppensteiner R, Gschwandtner ME. Microvascular autoregulation in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 2012; 55:1633-40. [PMID: 22366881 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2502-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Deterioration of microvascular function may have an early onset in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus. We hypothesised that microvascular autoregulation is impaired in children with type 1 diabetes and can be detected non-invasively by postocclusive reactive hyperaemia (PORH). METHODS Microvascular autoregulation was assessed in 58 children with type 1 diabetes and 58 age- and sex-matched healthy controls by PORH using laser Doppler fluxmetry. Baseline perfusion, biological zero (defined as a 'no flow' laser Doppler signal during suprasystolic occlusion), peak perfusion following occlusion, time to peak and recovery time (time until baseline perfusion is resumed) were recorded and compared between the groups. RESULTS Peak perfusion was higher in children with type 1 diabetes than in healthy controls (1.7 ± 0.93 AU [arbitrary units] vs 1.29 ± 0.46 AU; p = 0.004), and biological zero was lower in children with type 1 diabetes vs controls (0.14 ± 0.04 AU vs 0.19 ± 0.04 AU; p < 0.0001). No differences were seen between the groups in baseline perfusion, time to peak during PORH and recovery time following PORH. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION PORH reveals impaired microvascular autoregulation in children with type 1 diabetes. The higher peak perfusion might reflect a decline in the vasoconstrictive ability of arteriolar smooth muscle cells upstream of capillary beds in children with type 1 diabetes.
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- O Schlager
- Department of Medicine II, Division of Angiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Strain WD, Adingupu DD, Shore AC. Microcirculation on a large scale: techniques, tactics and relevance of studying the microcirculation in larger population samples. Microcirculation 2012; 19:37-46. [PMID: 21972935 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The role of microcirculatory dysfunction is increasingly being recognized in the etiopathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Whilst the importance of detailed mechanistic studies to determine the exact nature of these disturbances is without question, it was large-scale population-based studies that first identified the associations between deranged microvascular perfusion, autoregulation or structure, and subsequent target organ damage. This is the subject of considerable studies to establish whether there is a causal effect in either direction, or simply represents shared risk factors, although it is most likely to be a complex combination of bidirectional interactions. The techniques for investigating microcirculatory function have evolved almost exponentially over the last 75 years: So too have the strategies for investigation. Current epidemiological studies are focusing on attempting to untangle the inter-relationship between risk factors and pathological mechanisms to attempt to determine whether these represent therapeutic targets or simple markers of unmeasured risk. We plan to review the techniques used for these population-based studies, the advances made, and the clinical implications derived.
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- W David Strain
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Diabetes and Vascular Research Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK.
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Cracowski JL, Roustit M. Reproducibility of LDF blood flow measurements: Dynamical characterization versus averaging. A response to the letter from Stefanovska. Microvasc Res 2012; 83:97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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ROUSTIT MATTHIEU, CRACOWSKI JEANLUC. Non-invasive Assessment of Skin Microvascular Function in Humans: An Insight Into Methods. Microcirculation 2011; 19:47-64. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00129.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ahmadi N, McQuilkin GL, Akhtar MW, Hajsadeghi F, Kleis SJ, Hecht H, Naghavi M, Budoff M. Reproducibility and variability of digital thermal monitoring of vascular reactivity. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2011; 31:422-8. [PMID: 21981452 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097x.2011.01037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies demonstrated that digital thermal monitoring (DTM) of vascular reactivity, a new test for vascular function assessment, is well correlated with Framingham Risk Score, coronary calcium score and CT angiography. This study evaluates the variability and reproducibility of DTM measurements. We hypothesized that DTM is reproducible, and its variability falls within the accepted range of clinical diagnostic tests. METHOD A fully automated DTM device (VENDYS, Endothelix Inc., Houston, TX, USA) was used for repeated measurement of vascular function in 18 healthy volunteers (age 35 ± 4 years, 74% men) after 24 h. All subjects underwent overnight fasting, and the test was preceded by 30-min rest in a supine position inside a dimmed room with temperature 22-24°C. The measurements were obtained during and after a 2-min supra systolic arm-cuff occlusion-induced reactive hyperaemia procedure. As a part of this study, the Doppler ultrasound hyperaemic, low-frequency, blood velocity of radial artery and a fingertip DTM of vascular function were compared simultaneously. Postcuff deflation temperature rebound and area under the curve, DTM indices of vascular function, were studied. RESULTS Temperature rebound area under the curve correlated closely with Doppler hyperaemic, low-frequency, blood velocity (r = 0·97, P = 0·0001). Day-to-day intra-subject variability was 6·2% for baseline temperature, 8·7% for mean blood pressure and 11·4% for heart rate. The coefficient of repeatability of temperature rebound and area under the curve were 2·4% and 2·8%. CONCLUSION In a controlled environment, the repeatability of DTM is excellent. DTM can be used as a reproducible and operator-independent test for non-invasive measurement of vascular function.
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- Naser Ahmadi
- Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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Rousseau P, Mahé G, Haj-Yassin F, Durand S, Humeau A, Leftheriotis G, Abraham P. Increasing the "region of interest" and "time of interest", both reduce the variability of blood flow measurements using laser speckle contrast imaging. Microvasc Res 2011; 82:88-91. [PMID: 21439303 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Both spatial variability and temporal variability of skin blood flow are high. Laser speckle contrast imagers (LSCI) allow non-contact, real-time recording of cutaneous blood flow on large skin surfaces. Thereafter, the observer can define different sizes for the region of interest (ROI) in the images to decrease spatial variability and different durations over which the blood flow values are averaged (time of interest, TOI) to decrease temporal variability. We aimed to evaluate the impact of the choices of ROI and TOI on the analysis of rest blood flow and post occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH). METHODS Cutaneous blood flow (CBF) was assessed at rest and during PORH. Three different sizes of ROI (1mm(2), 10mm(2) and 100mm(2)), and three different TOI (CBF averaged over 1s, 15s, and 30s for rest, and over 1s, 5s and 10s for PORH peak) were evaluated. Inter-subjects and intra-subjects coefficient of variations (inter-CV and intra-CV) were studied. RESULTS The inter-subject variability of CBF is about 25% at rest and is moderately improved when the size of the ROI increases (inter-CV=31%, for 1s and 1mm(2) versus inter-CV=23%, for 15s and 100mm(2)). However, increasing the TOI does not improve the results. The variability of the PORH peak is lower with an inter-CV varying between 11.4% (10s and 100mm(2)) and 21.6% (5s and 1mm(2)). The lowest intra-CV for the CBF at rest was 7.3% (TOI of 15s on a ROI of 100mm(2)) and was 3.1% for the PORH peak (TOI of 10s on a ROI of 100mm(2)). CONCLUSION We suggest that a size of ROI larger than 10mm(2) and a TOI longer than 1s are required to reduce the variability of CBF measurements both at rest and during PORH peak evaluations at the forearm level. Many technical aspects such as comparison of laser speckle contrast imaging and laser Doppler imaging or the effect of skin to head distance on recorded values with LCSI are required to improve future studies using this fascinating clinical tool.
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- Pascal Rousseau
- Laboratory of Vascular Investigations, University Hospital of Angers, France
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Schlager O, Willfort-Ehringer A, Hammer A, Steiner S, Fritsch M, Giurgea A, Margeta C, Lilaj I, Zehetmayer S, Widhalm K, Koppensteiner R, Gschwandtner ME. Microvascular function is impaired in children with morbid obesity. Vasc Med 2011; 16:97-102. [DOI: 10.1177/1358863x11400780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Children’s obesity is a growing problem in Western societies. We hypothesized that morbid obesity (body mass index [BMI] > 99.5th percentile) might affect microvascular function at an early stage. Therefore, we assessed the microvascular function of 41 obese children (13.2 ± 2.8 years, BMI 32.9 ± 6.6) in comparison to 91 healthy controls (12.7 ± 2.1 years, BMI 18.2 ± 2.5) by post-occlusive reactive hyperemia measured by a laser Doppler: baseline perfusion, biological zero (defined as ‘no-flow’ laser Doppler signal during suprasystolic occlusion), peak perfusion (following occlusion), time to peak perfusion and recovery time (time until resuming baseline perfusion) were recorded and compared between both groups. Peak perfusion was higher in children with morbid obesity than in controls (1.67 ± 0.76 AU [arbitrary units] vs 1.26 ± 0.5 AU, p < 0.001). Consecutively, recovery time was longer in children with morbid obesity (118.21 ± 34.64 seconds) than in healthy children (83.18 ± 35.08 seconds, p < 0.001). In conclusion, higher peak perfusion and prolonged recovery time in children with morbid obesity seem to reflect microvascular dysfunction due to an impaired vasoconstrictive ability of precapillary sphincters.
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- Oliver Schlager
- Department of Angiology, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Angiology, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Angiology, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Angiology, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Angiology, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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