Adaptation of external counterpulsation based on individual shear rate therapy improves endothelial function and claudication distance in peripheral artery disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate that long-term ISRT is a potential novel non-invasive treatment to improve endothelial function and absolute pain-free walking distance for PAD patients. PMID: 27428501 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - June 30, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Buschmann EE, Brix M, Li L, Doreen J, Zietzer A, Li M, Buschmann I, Hillmeister P Tags: Vasa Source Type: research