Radionuclide plethysmography for noninvasive evaluation of peripheral arterial blood flow

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 1 58-1, 2005, Pages

  Harel, François ^a   Dupuis, Jocelyn ^a   Benelfassi, Ahmed ^a   Ruel, Nathalie ^a   Grégoire, Jean ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Radioisotope; Reactive hyperemia

Indexed keywords

AMERSCAN; RADIOISOTOPE; STANNOUS PYROPHOSPHATE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; ARTERIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644439603     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01021.2004     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Dupuis J, Arsenault A, Meloche B, Harel F, Staniloae C, and Grégoire J. Quantitative hyperemic reactivity in opposed limbs during myocardial perfusion imaging: a new marker of coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 44: 1473-1477, 2004.
2. ATP channels to human forearm metabolic vasodilation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H2405-H2411, 2003.
3. Hewlett A and van Zwaluwenburg J. The rate of blood flow in the arm. Heart 1: 87-97, 1909.
4. Joyner MJ, Dietz NM, and Shepherd JT. From Belfast to Mayo and beyond: the use and future of plethysmography to study blood flow in human limbs. J Appl Physiol 91: 2431-2441, 2001.
5. Leung WH, Lau CP, and Wong CK. Beneficial effect of cholesterol-lowering therapy on coronary endothelium-dependent relaxation in hypercholesterolaemic patients. Lancet 341: 1496-1500, 1993.
6. McHedlishvili G, Varazashvili M, Kumsishvili T, and Lobjanidze I. Regional hematocrit changes related to blood flow conditions in the arterial bed. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 29: 71-79, 2003.
7. Meredith IT, Anderson TJ, Uehata A, Yeung AC, Selwyn AP, and Ganz P. Role of endothelium in ischemic coronary syndromes. Am J Cardiol 72: 27C-32C, 1993.
8. Meredith IT, Currie KE, Anderson TJ, Roddy MA, Ganz P, and Creager MA. Postischemic vasodilation in human forearm is dependent on endothelium-derived nitric oxide. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 270: H1435-H1440, 1996.
9. Moncada S and Higgs A. The L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway. N Engl J Med 329: 2002-2012, 1993.
10. Saha GB. Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy. New York: Springer, 1998.
11. Strachan FE, Newby DE, Sciberras DG, McCrea JB, Goldberg MR, and Webb DJ. Repeatability of local forearm vasoconstriction to endothelin-1 measured by venous occlusion plethysmography. Br J Clin Pharmacol 54: 386-394, 2002.
12. Webb D and Hand M. Assessment of the effects of drugs on the peripheral vasculature. In: Clinical Measurement in Drug Evaluation, edited by Nimmo W and Tucker G. London: Wiley, 1995, p. 136-150.
13. Whelan RF. Control of the Peripheral Circulation in Man. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1967.
14. Wilkinson IB and Webb DJ. Venous occlusion plethysmography in cardiovascular research: methodology and clinical applications. Br J Clin Pharmacol 52: 631-646, 2001.
15. Zicot M. Comparison of an isotopical and a plethysmographic method of assessing the distal blood flow during a reactive hyperemia in the lower limbs. Vasa 8: 102-108, 1979.
16. Parkin A, Smye SW, Bishop N, Wilkinson D, Rees M, Vowden P, and Kester RC. Forearm blood flow measurements using technetium-99m human serum albumin following brachial arteriotomy. J Nucl Med 30: 45-50, 1989.