Leg heating using far infra-red radiation in patients with chronic heart failure acutely improves the hemodynamics, vascular endothelial function, and oxidative stress

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2263-2270

  Inoue, Shujiro ^a   Takemoto, Masao ^a   Chishaki, Akiko ^b   Ide, Tomomi ^a   Nishizaka, Mari ^a   Miyazono, Mami ^b   Sawatari, Hiroyuki ^b   Sunagawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Heart failure; Oxidative stress; Thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; THIOL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LEG THERMAL THERAPY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; VASODILATATION;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFRARED RAYS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84867825582     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7115     Document Type: Article

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