Vasomotor Reactions to Heat among Patients with Arterial Disease
- 1 April 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 1 (4) , 670-683
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.1.4.670
Abstract
Plethysmographic studies of the vasomotor reactions of the digits accompanying body heating were of value in the early detection of peripheral arterial disease. In normal individuals, labile vasomotor activity was shown by great changes in digital volume (a large pulse, alpha and beta waves). These changes were diminished or absent in patients with peripheral arterial disease.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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