Leg Blood Flow Measurements Using Venous Occlusion Plethysmography During Head-up Tilt

Overview

Journal Clin Auton Res

Date 2007 Mar 9

PMID 17345054

Citations 4

Authors

Miriam Kooijman

Fleur Poelkens

Gerard A Rongen

Paul Smits

Maria T E Hopman

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Abstract

We tested whether venous occlusion plethysmography (VOP) is an appropriate method to measure calf blood flow (CBF) during head-up tilt (HUT). CBF measured with VOP was compared with superficial femoral artery blood flow as measured by Doppler ultrasound during incremental tilt angles. Measurements of both methods correlated well (r = 0.86). Reproducibility of VOP was fair in supine position and 30 degrees HUT (CV: 11%-15%). This indicates that VOP is an applicable tool to measure leg blood flow during HUT, especially up to 30 degrees HUT.

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