Microcirculation disturbances in patients with venous ulcer before and after healing as assessed by laser doppler flux-metry

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 480-484

  Mlacak, Blaz ^a   Blinc, Ales ^b   Gale, Nina ^c   Ivka, Branimir ^d  

^a Health Center Metlika   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^d Hospital Novo Mesto   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hemodynamic tests; Laser Doppler flux; Microcirculation disturbances; Ulcer healing; Venoarteriolar response; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MALLEUS; SKIN ULCER; THERMAL STIMULATION; ULCER HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23744453636     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.03.034     Document Type: Article

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