Acute Hemodynamic Improvement by Thermal Vasodilation in Congestive Heart Failure

1995323 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Chuwa Tei · Kagoshima University Hospital

Yutaka Horikiri · Kagoshima University Hospital

Jong-Chun Park · Kagoshima University Hospital

Jin‐Won Jeong · Kagoshima University Hospital

Kyoung-Sig Chang · Kagoshima University Hospital

Yoshihumi Toyama · Kagoshima University Hospital

Nobuyuki Tanaka

Abstract

Hemodynamics improve after WWB or SB in patients with chronic CHF. This is attributable to the reduction in cardiac preload and afterload. Thus, thermal vasodilation can be applied with little risk if appropriately performed and may provide a new nonpharmacological therapy for CHF.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 91, Issue 10, pp. 2582-2590

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.91.10.2582

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