Alternative and Complementary Medical Approaches in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

Frishman, William H.; Grattan, James G.; Mamtani, Ravinder

doi:10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2005.01.003

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“…). However, whole body heating may induce heat stress and increases sympathetic activity and thereby challenges the cardiovascular system (Frishman et al ; Eren et al ). Thus, acute leg heating may be harmful in patients with cardiovascular disease despite its beneficial effect on endothelial function.…”

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Effect of leg immersion in mild warm carbonated water on skin and muscle blood flow

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Leg immersion in carbonated water improves endothelial‐mediated vasodilator function and decreases arterial stiffness but the mechanism underlying this effect remains poorly defined. We hypothesized that carbonated water immersion increases muscle blood flow. To test this hypothesis, 10 men (age 21 ± 0 years; mean ± SD) underwent lower leg immersion in tap or carbonated water at 38°C. We evaluated gastrocnemius muscle oxyhemoglobin concentration and tissue oxygenation index using near‐infrared spectroscopy, skin blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry, and popliteal artery (PA) blood flow by duplex ultrasound. Immersion in carbonated, but not tap water elevated PA (from 38 ± 14 to 83 ± 31 mL/min; P < 0.001) and skin blood flow (by 779 ± 312%, P < 0.001). In contrast, lower leg immersion elevated oxyhemoglobin concentration and tissue oxygenation index with no effect of carbonation (P = 0.529 and P = 0.495). In addition, the change in PA blood flow in response to immersion in carbonated water correlated with those of skin blood flow (P = 0.005) but not oxyhemoglobin concentration (P = 0.765) and tissue oxygenation index (P = 0.136) while no relations was found for tap water immersion. These findings indicate that water carbonation has minimal effect on muscle blood flow. Furthermore, PA blood flow increases in response to lower leg immersion in carbonated water likely due to a large increase in skin blood flow.

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Effect of leg immersion in mild warm carbonated water on skin and muscle blood flow

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“…More importantly, heating stimulation modifies sympathetic and cardiovascular systems and in some cases increases the risk in patients with cardiovascular disease (Frishman et al. ; Eren et al. ).…”

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“…However, the uses of these thermal therapies are limited because a specific facility, sauna, or far-infrared radiation is needed to perform these therapies. More importantly, heating stimulation modifies sympathetic and cardiovascular systems and in some cases increases the risk in patients with cardiovascular disease (Frishman et al 2005;Eren et al 2009).…”

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Acute vascular effects of carbonated warm water lower leg immersion in healthy young adults

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Endothelial dysfunction is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity; however, this dysfunction may be ameliorated by several therapies. For example, it has been reported that heat‐induced increases in blood flow and shear stress enhance endothelium‐mediated vasodilator function. Under these backgrounds, we expect that carbon dioxide (CO 2)‐rich water‐induced increase in skin blood flow improves endothelium‐mediated vasodilation with less heat stress. To test our hypothesis, we measured flow‐mediated dilation (FMD) before and after acute immersion of the lower legs and feet in mild warm (38°C) normal or CO 2‐rich tap water (1000 ppm) for 20 min in 12 subjects. Acute immersion of the lower legs and feet in mild warm CO 2‐rich water increased FMD (P < 0.01) despite the lack of change in this parameter upon mild warm normal water immersion. In addition, FMD was positively correlated with change in skin blood flow regardless of conditions (P < 0.01), indicating that an increase in skin blood flow improves endothelial‐mediated vasodilator function. Importantly, the temperature of normal tap water must reach approximately 43°C to achieve the same skin blood flow level as that obtained during mild warm CO 2‐rich water immersion (38°C). These findings suggest that CO 2‐rich water‐induced large increases in skin blood flow may improve endothelial‐mediated vasodilator function while causing less heat stress.

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“…Persons should not take beta blockers and short-acting nitrates before sauna. There is insufficient data regarding angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (3,4).…”

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Cardiovascular effects of Turkish bath and sauna/The effect of Turkish bath on QT dispersion

Kardeşoğlu¹,

Uz²,

Işılak³

2010

Anadolu Kardiyol Derg

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Alternative and Complementary Medical Approaches in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

Cited by 17 publications

References 219 publications

Effect of leg immersion in mild warm carbonated water on skin and muscle blood flow

Effect of leg immersion in mild warm carbonated water on skin and muscle blood flow

Acute vascular effects of carbonated warm water lower leg immersion in healthy young adults

Cardiovascular effects of Turkish bath and sauna/The effect of Turkish bath on QT dispersion

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