Effect of Footbath Therapy in Patients with Refractory Chronic Heart Failure

Nakamura, Toshio; Haraguchi, Yumiko; Sasazaki, Ai; Oka, Kazuhiro

doi:10.4172/2324-8602.1000306

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“…As LLHI is extremely safe, inexpensive, and convenient, it may also be recommended as a strategy for cardiovascular protection in a wider range of individuals. However, while previous work on heart failure patients showed significant improvements in symptoms after a 2-week intervention [28], LLHI benefits are otherwise not well documented.…”

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Acute Hemodynamic Improvement by Thermal Vasodilation inside the Abdominal and Iliac Arterial Segments of Young Sedentary Individuals

Jiang

Salerno

et al. 2021

J Vasc Res

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Objective: To study the hemodynamic response to lower leg heating intervention (LLHI) inside the abdominal and iliac arterial segments (AIAS) of young sedentary individuals. Methods: A Doppler measurement of blood flow was conducted for 5 young sedentary adults with LLHI. Heating durations of 0, 20, and 40 min were considered. A lumped parameter model (LPM) was used to ascertain the hemodynamic mechanism. The hemodynamics were determined via numerical approaches. Results: Ultrasonography revealed that the blood flow waveform shifted upwards under LLHI; in particular, the mean flow increased significantly (p < 0.05) with increasing heating duration. The LPM showed that its mechanism depends on the reduction in afterload resistance, not on the inertia of blood flow and arterial compliance. The time-averaged wall shear stress, time-averaged production rate of nitric oxide, and helicity in the external iliac arteries increased more significantly than in other segments as the heating duration increased, while the oscillation shear index (OSI) and relative residence time (RRT) in the AIAS declined with increasing heating duration. There was a more obvious helicity response in the bilateral external iliac arteries than the OSI and RRT responses. Conclusion: LLHI can effectively induce a positive hemodynamic environment in the AIAS of young sedentary individuals.

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confidence: 91%