Population
Rats with peripheral artery disease (PAD) induced by femoral artery occlusion
Comparison
Heat treatment vs Control rats and/or PAD rats without heat…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
3 days
Key result
Heat treatment attenuated the exaggerated blood pressure response to muscle contraction in rats with peripheral artery disease by reducing P2X receptor pathway activity.
Authors
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Heat treatment warrants clinical investigation in PAD; leaves open translation of P2X effects to humans.
Heat treatment improves the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in a rat model of peripheral artery disease by reducing P2X receptor pathway activity.
Qin et al. (2020) studied Peripheral artery disease (PAD). Heat treatment vs. Control rats was evaluated on Blood pressure response to static muscle contraction. Heat treatment attenuated the exaggerated blood pressure response to muscle contraction in rats with peripheral artery disease by reducing P2X receptor pathway activity.