Skin Blood Flow and Its Oscillatory Components in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

• Published in: Journal of vascular research Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 164 - 172
• Main Authors: Ažman-Juvan, Katja, Bernjak, Alan, Urbančič-Rovan, Vilma, Stefanovska, Aneta, Štajer, Dušan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland Karger 01.01.2008; S. Karger AG
• Subjects: Aged; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Cardiology. Vascular system; Case-Control Studies; Coronary heart disease; Endothelium, Vascular - physiopathology; Extremities; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heart; Humans; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology; Myocardial Infarction - therapy; Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies; Regional Blood Flow; Research Paper; Skin - blood supply; Thrombolytic Therapy; Time Factors; Ultrasonography; Ventricular Function, Left; Vertebrates: cardiovascular system; Endothelial dysfunction; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Wavelet analysis; Reperfusion; Acute myocardial infarction; Autonomic nervous system; Human; Myocardial infarction; Acute; Laser Dopplerflowmetry; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease; Blood flow; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Skin; Hemodynamics; Circulatory system; Wavelet analysis, Autonomic nervous system
• ISSN: 1018-1172; 1423-0135; 1423-0135
• DOI: 10.1159/000110208

Background/Aims: Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) was used to determine the influence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and of successful reperfusion treatment on basal skin blood flow and its oscillatory components. Methods: Skin LDF was performed on all extremities in 58 patients 4–9 days after AM...