Evaluation of the time course of vascular responses to venous congestion in the human lower limb

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Oldfield, Mark A ^a   Brown, Margaret D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human calf; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Plethysmography; Veni arteriolar response; Venous distension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; FOOT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VEINS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 32644472076     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090946     Document Type: Article

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