title: Effect of intermittent venous occlusion on transcutaneous oxygen tension in lower limbs with severe arterial occlusive disease.
abstract: We evaluated the ability of intermittent venous occlusion to improve cutaneous circulation in patients with severe peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Fourteen patients with ischemic lower extremities had a pneumatic cuff placed around the thigh of an ischemic limb; intermittent inflation of this cuff produced a significant increase in the transcutaneous oxygen tension of the foot, suggesting that cutaneous blood flow had been improved.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Rooke
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Osmundson
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D011312:Pressure; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D014690:Venous Pressure