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More subtle changes in cutaneous flow may be more difficult to establish using clinical observation, particularly in patients who are receiving vasoactive drugs secondary to their septic condition; this group of patients may be particularly at risk of critical peripheral ischaemia.
Several studies have demonstrated the ability of LDF to distinguish patients with established peripheral vascular disease from normal patients [ 7, 8], and it has been used to assess the viability of tissue flaps [ 10, 11, 12]; LDF has also been useful in the measurement of cutaneous perfusion following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty [ 13] in patients with peripheral vascular disease and following the administration of vasoactive agents [ 14].
Vasoactive drug doses were recorded at the time of each measurement.
Several vasoactive G-protein coupled agonists, including angiotensin II and endothelin, have also been shown to activate the ERK pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells [ 6 21 ] . These same hormones also activate the JNK and p38 pathways.
VEGF-A also increases vascular permeability, with an effect 10,000 times more potent than that of the vasoactive substance histamine; VEGF-A was originally purified based on this property, and was named vascular permeability factor [ 3].
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