Tissue viability imaging: Microvascular response to vasoactive drugs induced by iontophoresis

Microvascular Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Henricson, Joakim ^a   Nilsson, Anders ^b   Tesselaar, Erik ^a   Nilsson, Gert ^c,d   Sjöberg, Folke ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Berzelius Clinical Research Center AB   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WheelsBridge AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cutaneous microcirculation; Iontophoresis; Laser Doppler; Tissue viability imager

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE VIABILITY IMAGING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VELOCITY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OPTICAL DEVICES; PERFUSION IMAGING; PHENYLEPHRINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 68349160856     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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