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Arterial flow measurements during reactive hyperemia using NIRS.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18698112     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Non-invasive evaluation of peripheral perfusion may be useful in many contexts including clinical research. We validated a novel non-invasive spectroscopy technique to quantify forearm arterial inflow. This method, which is based on the measurement of tissular total hemoglobin variations after an ischemic period, was compared to strain gauge plethysmography (SGP). The technique uses near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine the rate of change of forearm tissue oxygenation during reactive hyperemia. In this study, 13 subjects were simultaneously evaluated with NIRS and SGP. Nine baseline flow measurements were performed to assess the reproducibility of each method. Twenty-seven serial measurements were then made to evaluate flow variation during forearm reactive hyperemia. SGP and NIRS methods showed excellent reproducibility with the same intra-class correlation coefficients (0.98). In conclusion, the NIRS technique appears well suited for non-invasive evaluation of quantitative arterial forearm flow.
Authors:
François Harel; Nina Olamaei; Quam Ngo; Jocelyn Dupuis; Paul Khairy
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies     Date:  2008-08-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physiological measurement     Volume:  29     ISSN:  0967-3334     ISO Abbreviation:  Physiol Meas     Publication Date:  2008 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-09-11     Completed Date:  2008-11-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9306921     Medline TA:  Physiol Meas     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1033-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. francois_harel@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Female
Forearm / blood supply*
Humans
Hyperemia / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Plethysmography
Regional Blood Flow
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared*

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