This discussion explores the relative contributions of reduced blood flow and skeletal muscle metabolic abnormalities to exercise intolerance in patients with claudication.
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Supports hypothesis of metabolic contributions to claudication beyond ischemia; leaves open dominant mechanism and clinical translation.
Brass et al. (2004) studied this question.
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