scholarly journals Coronary Blood Flow Regulation is Impaired During Exercise in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Ross ◽  
Matthew Muller ◽  
Zhaohui Gao ◽  
Lawrence Sinoway
2018 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda J. Miller ◽  
J. Carter Luck ◽  
Danielle Jin-Kwang Kim ◽  
Urs A. Leuenberger ◽  
Faisal Aziz ◽  
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with augmented blood pressure (BP) and impaired coronary blood flow responses to exercise, which may increase cardiovascular risk. We investigated the effects of leg revascularization on the BP and coronary blood flow responses to exercise in PAD. Seventeen PAD patients (11 men, 66 ± 2 yr) performed single-leg plantar flexion exercise 24 h before and 1 mo following leg revascularization. BP and heart rate (HR) were measured continuously, and rate pressure product (systolic BP × HR) was calculated as an index of myocardial oxygen demand. Coronary blood velocity was obtained by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in 8/17 subjects. The mean BP response to plantar flexion exercise was attenuated by leg revascularization (pre-revascularization: 15 ± 4 vs. post-revascularization: 7 ± 3 mmHg, P = 0.025). The HR response to plantar flexion was also attenuated following leg revascularization (pre-revascularization: 9 ± 1 vs. post-revascularization: 6 ± 1 beats/min, P = 0.006). The change in coronary blood velocity with exercise was greater at the post-revascularization visit: 4 ± 1 vs. pre-revascularization: −1 ± 2 cm/s ( P = 0.038), even though the change in rate pressure product was not greater following revascularization in these subjects (pre-revascularization: 2,796 ± 871 vs. post-revascularization: 1,766 ± 378 mmHg·beats/min, P = 0.082). These data suggest that leg revascularization alters reflex control of BP, HR, and coronary blood flow in response to exercise in patients with PAD. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We found that peripheral revascularization procedures lowered exercise blood pressure and improved coronary blood flow in patients with peripheral arterial disease.


Vascular ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 170853812093893
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Tsunekawa ◽  
Fumio Nagai ◽  
Tamon Kato ◽  
Ikkei Takashimizu ◽  
Daisuke Yanagisawa ◽  
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Objectives Laser speckle flowgraphy is a technology using reflected scattered light for visualization of blood distribution, which can be used to measure relative velocity of blood flow easily without contact with the skin within a short time. It was hypothesized that laser speckle flowgraphy may be able to identify foot ischemia. This study was performed to determine whether laser speckle flowgraphy could distinguish between subjects with and without peripheral arterial disease. Materials and methods All subjects were classified based on clinical observations using the Rutherford classification: non-peripheral arterial disease, class 0; peripheral arterial disease group, class 2–5. Rutherford class 6 was one of the exclusion criteria. Laser speckle flowgraphy measured the beat strength of skin perfusion as an indicator of average dynamic cutaneous blood flow change synchronized with the heartbeat. The beat strength of skin perfusion indicates the strength of the heartbeat on the skin, and the heartbeat strength calculator in laser speckle flowgraphy uses the blood flow data to perform a Fourier transform to convert the temporal changes in blood flow to a power spectrum. A total of 33 subjects with peripheral arterial disease and 40 subjects without peripheral arterial disease at a single center were prospectively examined. Laser speckle flowgraphy was used to measure hallucal and thenar cutaneous blood flow, and the measurements were repeated three times. The hallucal and thenar index was defined as the ratio of beat strength of skin perfusion value on hallux/beat strength of skin perfusion value on ipsilateral thenar eminence. The Mann–Whitney U-test was used to compare the median values of hallucal and thenar index and ankle brachial index between the two groups. A receiver operating characteristic curve for hallucal and thenar index of beat strength of skin perfusion was plotted, and a cutoff point was set. The correlation between hallucal and thenar index of beat strength of skin perfusion and ankle brachial index was explored in all subjects, the hemodialysis group, and the non-hemodialysis (non-hemodialysis) group. Results The median value of the hallucal and thenar index of beat strength of skin perfusion was significantly different between subjects with and without peripheral arterial disease (0.27 vs. 0.87, respectively; P <  0.001). The median value of ankle brachial index was significantly different between subjects with and without peripheral arterial disease (0.8 vs. 1.1, respectively; P <  0.001). Based on the receiver operating characteristic of hallucal and thenar index, the cutoff was 0.4416 and the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 68.7%, 95%, 91.7%, and 77.6%, respectively. The correlation coefficients of all subjects, the hemodialysis group, and the non-hemodialysis group were 0.486, 0.102, and 0.743, respectively. Conclusions Laser speckle flowgraphy is a noninvasive, rapid, and widely applicable method. Laser speckle flowgraphy using hallucal and thenar index would be helpful to determine the differences between subjects with and without peripheral arterial disease. The correlation between hallucal and thenar index of beat strength of skin perfusion and ankle brachial index indicated that this index was especially useful in the non-hemodialysis group.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeo Ishii ◽  
Shizuka Takabe ◽  
Yuki Yanagawa ◽  
Yuko Ohshima ◽  
Yasuhiro Kagawa ◽  
...  

Abstract Background A simpler method for detecting atherosclerosis obliterans is required in the clinical setting. Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is easy to perform and can accurately detect deterioration in skin perfusion. We performed LDF for hemodialysis patients to determine the correlations between blood flow in the lower limbs and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Methods This retrospective study included 128 hemodialysis patients. Patients were categorized into the non-PAD group (n = 106) and PAD group (n = 22), 14 early stage PAD patients were included in the PAD group. We conducted LDF for the plantar area and dorsal area of the foot and examined skin perfusion pressure (SPP) during dialysis. Results SPP-Dorsal Area values were 82.1 ± 22.0 mmHg in the non-PAD, and 59.1 ± 20.3 mmHg in PAD group, respectively (p < 0.05). The LDF-Plantar blood flow (Qb) values were 32.7 ± 15.5 mL/min in non-PAD group and 21.5 ± 11.3 mL/min in PAD group (p < 0.001). A total of 21 non-PAD patients underwent LDF before and during dialysis. The LDF-Plantar-Qb values were 36.5 ± 17.6 mL/min before dialysis and 29.6 ± 17.7 mL/min after dialysis (p < 0.05). We adjusted SPP and LDF for PAD using logistic regression, SPP-Dorsal-Area and LDF-P were significantly correlated with PAD (p < 0.05). The receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis indicated cut-off values of 20.0 mL/min for LDF-Plantar-Qb during dialysis. Conclusion LDF is a simple technique for sensitive detection of early-stage PAD. This assessment will help physicians identify early-stage PAD, including Fontaine stage II in clinical practice, thereby allowing prompt treatment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. e805-e806
Author(s):  
Stefan Engelhard ◽  
Majorie van Helvert ◽  
Jason Voorneveld ◽  
Johan Bosch ◽  
Erik Groot Jebbink ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. S376
Author(s):  
A. Wlodarczyk ◽  
A. Wachsmann-Maga ◽  
M. Schonborn ◽  
A. Trynkiewicz ◽  
J. Krezel ◽  
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Author(s):  
Craig J. Bennetts ◽  
Ahmet Erdemir ◽  
Melissa Young

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), resulting from the accumulation of plaque, causes obstruction of blood flow in the large arteries in the arm and leg. In the United States, approximately 8.4 million people over the age of 40 have PAD [1]. If not treated, PAD can cause ischemic ulcerations and gangrene, which could eventually lead to amputation. Approximately, 25% of patients with PAD have worsening limb symptoms over 5 years, 7% requiring revascularization, and 4% requiring amputation [2].


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