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Effect of Chronic Smoking on Digital Blood Flow: A Preliminary Report

Published:1994-03 Issue:2 Volume:28 Page:123-127
ISSN:0042-2835
Container-title:Vascular Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:Vascular Surgery

Author:

Santosh V.¹,Bhatnagar B.N.S.²,Gautam A.²,Reddy L.P.³,Rai U.C.³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgery, Banaras Hindu University

2. Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

3. Department of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, Banaras Hindu University

Abstract

A study of digital blood flow was carried out using a "mercury-in-silastic" strain gauge in 50 individuals. Forty heavy smokers (25 asymptomatic chronic heavy smokers and 15 smokers with overt thromboangiitis obliterans—TAO) were studied. Ten individuals who had never smoked served as controls. Chronic heavy, long-term smoking causes signifi cant reduction in digital blood flow. A further reduction occurs in those with overt symptoms of TAO. Monitoring of digital blood flow could provide a good screening test for determining the status of peripheral blood flow in chronic smokers.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/153857449402800206

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