January 17, 2017Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Peripheral arterial volume distensibility changes with applied external pressure: significant difference between arteries with different compliance

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Why the study?

Does external cuff pressure affect arterial volume distensibility differently in peripheral arteries with different compliance?

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Does external cuff pressure affect arterial volume distensibility differently in peripheral arteries with different compliance?

Population

30 healthy volunteers (14 male, 16 female) with no history of cardiovascular diseases, ages 23 to 60 years old.

Intervention

Application of external cuff pressures (10, 20, 30, and 40 mmHg) on the whole arm positioned at 0° and 45° from the horizontal level.

Comparator

Measurements without external pressure (0 mmHg) and comparison between the two arm positions (0° vs 45°).

Outcome

Changes in arterial volume distensibility and arm pulse propagation time.surrogate

Arterial volume distensibility of peripheral arm arteries increases non-linearly with external pressure, with a significantly greater effect observed in more compliant arteries.

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Implication

Cuff pressure effects on distensibility in healthy volunteers warrant clinical caution; leaves open validation in diseased arteries.

Cite This Study

Chen et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fb877ce524a4339c396ed https://doi.org/10.1038/srep40545

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Peripheral arterial volume distensibility changes with applied external pressure: significant difference between arteries with different compliance

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Implication

Cite This Study

Peripheral arterial volume distensibility changes with applied external pressure: significant difference between arteries with different compliance

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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