Open AccessOpportunities and limitations of laser Doppler flowmetry in the assessment of skin microcirculation in patients with arterial hypertenstion
Author(s) -
А. П. Васильев,
N. N. Streltsova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
regionarnoe krovoobraŝenie i mikrocirkulâciâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-9756
pISSN - 1682-6655
DOI - 10.24884/1682-6655-2015-14-1-41-45
Subject(s) - laser doppler velocimetry , microcirculation , medicine , hemodynamics , interpretation (philosophy) , blood flow , cardiology , biomedical engineering , intensive care medicine , computer science , programming language
. Assessment of microcirculation by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) is widely applied in clinical medicine. Though, it is important to highlight the difficulty of getting stable results of LDF in the skin microvessels and their interpretation in patients with arterial hypertension (AH). This study was undertaken to address this issue. Results and discussion. Based on both available literature and our data, high functional dynamics and individual characteristics of microcirculation (MC) parameters and spatial heterogeneity of mircovascular (MV) channel was demonstrated. Interpretation difficulties of research results, connected to these factors, can be eliminated using certain methodology. Incorrect interpretation of MC parameters can be caused by ignorance of central hemodynamics features, with no estimation of bloodstream distribution. Conclusion. Consideration of the listed factors will allow to receive more accurate physiological interpretation of MC parameters in the skin - the most reachable object in clinical conditions.