Microvascular research
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Microvasc. Res.
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Microvascular research · Mar 2019
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyReliability of microvascular responsiveness measures derived from near-infrared spectroscopy across a variety of ischemic periods in young and older individuals.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with impairments in microvascular responsiveness. Therefore, reliably assessing microvascular function is clinically relevant. Thus, this study aimed to examine the reliability of the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived oxygen saturation (StO2) reperfusion slope, a measure of microvascular responsiveness, to four different vascular occlusion tests (VOT) of different durations in young and older participants. ⋯ NIRS-derived StO2 reperfusion slope, has good reliability across a range of occlusion durations with the strongest reliability during longer occlusion durations.