Can reactive hyperemia be used instead of exercise test in assessment of mild intermittent claudication

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 276-279

  Perakyla T ^a   Lindholm, T ^a   Lepantalo M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cuff occlusion; Hyperemia; Intermittent claudication; Stress test; Treadmill exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; THIGH; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 30344473033     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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