Importance of cutaneous postural reflex vasoconstriction in patients with atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the lower extremities

International Angiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Vayssairat, M ^a   Tribout, L ^a   Gouny, P ^a   Gaitz, J P ^a   Baudot, N ^a   Cheynel, C ^a   Nussaume, O ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Foot blood supply; Ischaemia physiopathology; Laser Doppler, flowmetry; Peripheral vascular diseases; Postural vasoconstrictive reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GANGRENE; HALLUX; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031748438     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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