Laser doppler imaging of reactive hyperemia exposes blood flow deficits in a rat model of experimental limb ischemia

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 446-451

  Corcoran, Halea A ^a   Smith, Brad E ^a   Mathers, Parker ^a   Pisacreta, Dan ^a   Hershey, James C ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Hyperemia; Imaging; Ischemia; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HINDLIMB; HYPEREMIA; ILIAC ARTERY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 68249106912     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e3181a6aa62     Document Type: Article

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