Combined application of kinesis and laser therapy for the correction of disorders in regional hemodynamics at the dilatation cardiomyopathy

Purpose: To study a combined application of kinesis and laser therapy for correcting regional hemodynamic disorders in patients having dilatation cardiomyopathy (DCMP) with simultaneous supportive pharmaceutical therapy. Material and methods. 100 patients with a verified diagnosis of DCMP were taken into the study. All patients had a differentiated supportive pharmtherapy. In three months after selection of the supportive differentiated drug therapy, patients were divided into two groups comparable by gender, age, disease course, severity of state and ways of medicine administration. Patients from Group 1, in addition to the supporting differentiated drug therapy, were given intravenous laser blood irradiation (ILBI) and unloading physical exercises. Patients from Group 2 continued their course of differentiated drug therapy.Research techniques included: clinical and functional observations; venous-occlusive plethysmography for assessing regional hemodynamics with a generally accepted method: measurement of blood flow (Qr) and regional vascular resistance (Rr) at rest; venous tone (Vt), reserve blood flow (QH) and regional vascular resistance (RH) under the functional loading test. Results. The data obtained during dynamic observations (in 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months) in Group 1 demonstrated a significant increase in volumetric blood flow velocity at rest (Qr) and reserve blood flow (QH); decrease of the regional vascular resistance at rest (Rr) and under functional loading (RH) as well as the decrease of venous tone (Vt), respectively. In Group 2 (controls), there were no significant positive dynamics; moreover, regional hemodynamics significantly worsened in 9 and 12 months. Conclusion. By the findings of venous-occlusive plethysmography, regional hemodynamics significantly improved in patients with DCMP under unloading therapeutic gymnastics in combination with ILBI and correctly selected differentiated drug therapy. The developed curative technique can be used in medical practice by GPs, therapists, cardiologists for optimizing treatment of patients with DCMP.

The effect of a combination of laser therapy and handling of medical gymnastics on the indices of hemodynamics with dilated cardiomyopathy

The aim of the study: Combined use of kineso- and laser therapy to correct regional hemodynamic disorders in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP). Material and methods: The study included 100 patients diagnosed with DCMP. The diagnosis "DCMP" was established for patients with dilatation of the heart cavity of non-coronatural origin, increased heart size (final diastolic size of the left ventricle - LV CDR > 6.0 cm). The determination of the CHF FC was made according to the Russian National Recommendations of the RSCS (2018) and OSSN on the diagnosis and treatment of CHF. All patients took differentiated medication-assisted therapy according to indications during 3 months. Patients were divided into 2 comparable groups by sex, age, disease course, severity of the condition, and specifics of medication therapy. Patients of the 1st group were treated with intravenous laser irradiation of blood (ILIB) and selection of unloading therapeutic gymnastics against the background of supporting differentiated medication therapy. Patients of the 2nd group (control) received only differentiated medication therapy. The main method of investigation was venous occlusal plethysmography to evaluate regional hemodynamics with the determination of blood flow (Qr) and regional vascular resistance (Rr) at rest, venous tone (Vt), reserve blood flow (QH) and regional vascular resistance (RH) on the background of a functional load test. РResults: The data obtained during the dynamic observation (in 1, 3, 6 and 12 months) in the main group showed a reliable increase in the volume velocity of the blood flow at rest (Qr) and the reserve blood flow (QH), a decrease in the regional vascular resistance at rest (Rr) and under functional load (RH), venous tone (Vt), respectively. In the control group there was no reliable positive dynamics, after 12 months of observation indicators of regional hemodynamics significantly deteriorated. Conclusion: In patients with DCMP, according to venous occlusal plethysmography, the use of relieving therapeutic gymnastics in combination with ILIB on the background of medication therapy has significantly improved the indices of regional hemodynamics. The developed method of non-drug therapy can be used by cardiologists, general practitioners, therapists, doctors of physical and rehabilitation medicine to optimize treatment of patients with DCMP.

Is vein damage the only cause of clinical signs of lower limb chronic venous insufficiency?

Background:Venous insufficiency is a very prevalent disease. Some decades ago a group of patients was identified that had symptoms of venous insufficiency, but no visible anatomic abnormalities. Studies showed that this subset had reduced venous tone, and their condition became known as hypotonic phlebopathy.Objective:To investigate prevalence, age group and variations in body mass index (BMI) among patients with hypotonic phlebopathy.Methodology:A total of 1,960 limbs were examined in 1,017 patients who had been referred for complaints compatible with venous insufficiency. Patients with BMI ≥ 30 were defined as obese. The patients were examined using color Doppler ultrasonography to detect presence or absence of reflux in veins of the lower limbs and were then distributed into two groups as follows: patients with CEAP ≤ 1 and no reflux, diagnosed with hypotonic phlebopathy; or patients with CEAP ≥ 2 and reflux.Results:The study sample comprised 89.7% women and 10.3% men with a mean age of 44.9 years. Hypotonic phlebopathy was more common among the women (p = 0.0001). Obese women were more likely than women who were not obese to have venous symptom etiology involving trunk lesions (p = 0.0017). Among the men, obesity was unrelated to etiology of symptoms (p = 0.5991). Symptomology was more likely to be related to trunk vein damage among older age groups than among younger age groups (p-valor <0.0001).Conclusions:Hypotonic phlebopathy was very prevalent, particularly among young women who were not obese.

Sympathetic innervation of the splanchnic region mediates the beneficial hemodynamic effects of 8-OH-DPAT in hemorrhagic shock

Administration of the 5-HT1A receptor agonist, 8-OH-DPAT, improves cardiovascular hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation in conscious rats subjected to hypovolemic shock. This effect is mediated by sympathetic-dependent increases in venous tone. To determine the role of splanchnic nerves in this response, effects of 8-OH-DPAT (30 nmol/kg iv) were measured following fixed-arterial blood pressure hemorrhagic shock (i.e., maintenance of 50 mmHg arterial pressure for 25 min) in rats subjected to bilateral splanchnic nerve denervation (SD). Splanchnic denervation decreased baseline venous tone as measured by mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP) and accelerated the onset of hypotension during blood loss. Splanchnic denervation did not affect the immediate pressor effect of 8-OH-DPAT but did reverse the drug's lasting pressor effect, as well as its ability to increase MCFP and improve metabolic acidosis. Like SD, adrenal demedullation (ADMX) lowered baseline MCFP and accelerated the hypotensive response to blood withdrawal but also reduced the volume of blood withdrawal required to maintain arterial blood pressure at 50 mmHg. 8-OH-DPAT raised MCFP early after administration in ADMX rats, but the response did not persist throughout the posthemorrhage period. In a fixed-volume hemorrhage model, 8-OH-DPAT continued to raise blood pressure in ADMX rats. However, it produced only a transient and variable rise in MCFP compared with sham-operated animals. The data indicate that 8-OH-DPAT increases venoconstriction and improves acid-base balance in hypovolemic rats through activation of splanchnic nerves. This effect is due, in part, to activation of the adrenal medulla.

Characteristics of myogenic reactivity in isolated rat mesenteric veins

Mechanisms of mechanically induced venous tone and its interaction with the endothelium and key vasoactive neurohormones are not well established. We investigated the contribution of the endothelium, l-type voltage-operated calcium channels (l-VOCCs), and PKC and Rho kinase to myogenic reactivity in mesenteric vessels exposed to increasing transmural pressure. The interaction of myogenic reactivity with norepinephrine (NE) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) was also investigated. Pressure myography was used to study isolated, cannulated, third-order rat mesenteric small veins and arteries. NE and ET-1 concentration response curves were constructed at low, intermediate, and high transmural pressures. Myogenic reactivity was not altered by nitric oxide synthase inhibition with Nω-nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA; 100 μM) or endothelium removal in both vessels. l-VOCCs blockade (nifedipine, 1 μM) completely abolished arterial tone, while only partially reducing venous tone. PKC (chelerythrine, 2.5 μM) and Rho kinase (Y27632, 3 μM) inhibitors largely abolished venous and arterial myogenic reactivity. There was no significant difference in the sensitivity of NE or ET-1-induced contractions within vessels. However, veins were more sensitive to NE and ET-1 when compared with corresponding arteries at low, intermediate, and high transmural pressures, respectively. These results suggest that 1) myogenic factors are important contributors to net venous tone in mesenteric veins; 2) PKC and Rho activation are important in myogenic reactivity in both vessels, while l-VOCCs play a limited role in the veins vs. the arteries, and the endothelium does not appear to modulate myogenic reactivity in either vessel type; and 3) mesenteric veins maintain an enhanced sensitivity to NE and ET-1 compared with the arteries when studied under conditions of changing transmural distending pressure.