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Master of Public Health

Predictive value of reactive hyperemia for cardiovascular events in patients with peripheral arterial disease undergoing vascular surgery.

AUTHORS

Huang AL , Silver AE , Shvenke E , Schopfer DW , Jahangir E , Titas MA , Shpilman A , Menzoian JO , Watkins MT , Raffetto JD , Gibbons G , Woodson J , Shaw PM , Dhadly M , Eberhardt RT , Keaney JF , Gokce N , Vita JA , . Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 2007 10 1; 27(10). 2113-9

ABSTRACT

Reactive hyperemia is the compensatory increase in blood flow that occurs after a period of tissue ischemia, and this response is blunted in patients with cardiovascular risk factors. The predictive value of reactive hyperemia for cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerosis and the relative importance of reactive hyperemia compared with other measures of vascular function have not been previously studied.

Reactive hyperemia is the compensatory increase in blood flow that occurs after a period of tissue ischemia, and this response is blunted in patients with cardiovascular risk factors. The predictive value of reactive hyperemia for cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerosis and the relative importance of reactive hyperemia compared with other measures of vascular function have not been previously studied.

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