Improvement of microcirculation and healing of venous hypertension and ulcers with Crystacide®: Evaluation with a microcirculatory model, including free radicals, laser doppler flux, and PO2/PCO2 measurements

Angiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Belcaro, Gianni ^a,b   Cesarone, Maria Rosaria ^a   Errichi, Bruno M ^a   Di Renzo, Andrea ^a   Errichi, Silvia ^a   Ricci, Andrea ^a   Gizzi, Giuseppe ^a   Dugall, Mark ^a   Cacchio, Marisa ^a   Ruffini, Irma ^a   Fano, Filiberto ^a   Vinciguerra, Giulia ^a   Grossi, Maria Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OINTMENTS; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250715423     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707301450     Document Type: Article

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