Transient changes in post-occlusive venous blood
oxygenation were associated with reduced vascular competence in patients with
abnormal ankle-brachial index during the hyperemic period after cuff-induced
ischemia, study results suggested.
The researchers included three groups of patients in the
study. They enrolled 12 patients with peripheral arterial disease (with a mean
ankle-brachial index of 0.6), eight age-matched control patients and 10 young,
healthy patients. Using magnetic resonance–based oxygenation oximetry, the
researchers compared post-occlusive ...
