| Relation Between Digital Peripheral Arterial Tonometry and Brachial Artery Ultrasound Measures of Vascular Function in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and in Healthy Volunteers. | |
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PMID: 22154090 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Digital peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) is an emerging, noninvasive method to assess vascular function. The physiology underlying this phenotype, however, remains unclear. Therefore, we evaluated the relation between digital PAT and established brachial artery ultrasound measures of vascular function under basal conditions and after reactive hyperemia. Using a cross-sectional study design, digital PAT and brachial artery ultrasonography with pulsed wave Doppler were simultaneously completed at baseline and after reactive hyperemia in both those with established coronary artery disease (n = 99) and healthy volunteers with low cardiovascular disease risk (n = 40). Under basal conditions, the digital pulse volume amplitude demonstrated a significant positive correlation with the brachial artery velocity-time integral that was independent of the arterial diameter, in both the healthy volunteer (r(s) = 0.64, p <0.001) and coronary artery disease (r(s) = 0.63, p <0.001) cohorts. Similar positive relations were observed with the baseline brachial artery blood flow velocity and blood flow. In contrast, no relation between the reactive hyperemia-evoked digital PAT ratio and either brachial artery flow-mediated dilation or shear stress was observed in either cohort (p = NS). In conclusion, these findings demonstrate that the digital PAT measures of vascular function more closely reflect basal blood flow in the brachial artery than reactive hyperemia-induced changes in the arterial diameter or flow velocity, and the presence of vascular disease does not modify the physiology underlying the digital PAT phenotype. |
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Authors:
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Craig R Lee; Almasa Bass; Kyle Ellis; Bryant Tran; Savanna Steele; Melissa Caughey; George A Stouffer; Alan L Hinderliter |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-6 |
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Title: The American journal of cardiology Volume: - ISSN: 1879-1913 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0207277 Medline TA: Am J Cardiol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. |
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