VENDYS Publications

DTM Clinical Papers:

• Association between Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Level and Endothelial Dysfunction in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.   LINK
• Serum myostatin level is a positive predictor of endothelial function measured by digital thermal monitoring of vascular reactivity in kidney transplantation patients.  LINK
• High Frequency of Microvascular Dysfunction in US Outpatient Clinics: A Sign of High Residual Risk? Data from 7,105 Patients  LINK
• Clinical Bedside Tools to Assess Systemic Sclerosis Vasculopathy: Can Digital Thermal Monitoring and Sublingual Microscopy Identify Patients With Digital Ulcers?  LINK
• Digital thermal monitoring techniques to assess vascular reactivity following finger and brachial occlusions  LINK
• Raynaud Phenomenon in Systemic Sclerosis: Does Digital Thermal Monitoring Correlate to Specific Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Abnormalities?  LINK
• Endothelial Dysfunction-related Neurological Bleeds with Continuous Flow-Left Ventricular Assist Devices Measured by Digital Thermal Monitor  LINK
• Serum Osteocalcin Level is Negatively Associated with Vascular Reactivity Index by Digital Thermal Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Recipients  LINK
• The association of nadir CD4-T cell count and endothelial dysfunction in a healthy HIV cohort without major cardiovascular risk factors.  LINK
• Association between Serum Indoxyl Sulfate Levels and Endothelial Function in Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease  LINK
• Non-invasive digital thermal monitoring and flow-mediated dilation in systemic sclerosis  LINK
• Discordance Between Blood Pressure and Endothelial Function Measurements; is it Time to Look Beyond Blood Pressure for Early Detection of CVD Risk  PDF
• Discovery of Neurovascular Reactivity During a Standard 5-minute Arm-cuff Reactive Hyperemia – Data From 7105 Patient Registry  PDF
• Distribution of Microvascular Endothelial Function in Different Clinical and Non-Clinical Settings in the United States and China  PDF
• Retinal and peripheral vascular function in healthy individuals with low cardiovascular risk  LINK
• Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Level is Negatively Associated with Vascular Reactivity Index Measured by Digital Thermal Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Patients.  LINK
• Comprehensive assessment of vascular health in patients; towards endothelium-guided therapy  LINK
• Vascular Reactivity Analysis in Patients with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices (CF-LVADs) – The Role of Endothelial Function in Continuous Flow Physiology  PDF
• Body Mass Index Is Associated With Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Treated Metabolic Risk Factors and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease  PDF

• Effect of Tai Chi on Vascular Function among Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy  PDF

• New Indices of Endothelial Function Measured by Digital Thermal Monitoring of Vascular Reactivity: Data from 6084 Patients Registry  PDF    VENDYS Registry Data

• Association of coronary artery calcium score and vascular dysfunction in long-term hemodialysis patients. Hemodialysis International, International Society for Hemodialysis . PDF

• Beneficial effects of aged garlic extract and coenzyme Q10 on vascular elasticity and endothelial function: The FAITH randomized clinical trial Nutrition / Elsevier . PDF
• Evaluation of Digital Thermal Monitoring as a Tool to Assess Perioperative Vascular Reactivity J Atheroscler Thromb. PDF
• A Novel Technique for the Assessment of Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk: Reactive Hyperemic Response to Short-Term Exercise BioMed Research International. PDF
• Fingertip Digital Thermal Monitoring: A Fingerprint for Cardiovascular Disease? Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. PDF
• Aged garlic extract supplemented with B vitamins, folic acid and L-arginine retards the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis: A randomized clinical trial. Preventive Medicine. PDF
• Low fingertip temperature rebound measured by digital thermal monitoring strongly correlates with the presence and extent of coronary artery disease diagnosed by 64-slice multi-detector computed tomography. Int. J Cardiovasc Imaging. PDF Accompanying Editorial: Digital thermal monitoring of vascular function: a novel tool to improve cardiovascular risk assessment. Vascular Medicine. PDF

• Concomitant insulin resistance and impaired vascular function is associated with increased coronary artery calcification. Int. Journal of Cardiology. PDF
• Vascular dysfunction measured by fingertip thermal monitoring is associated with the extent of myocardial perfusion defect. JNC. PDF
• Vascular function measured by fingertip thermal reactivity is impaired in patients with metabolic syndrome and diabetes. J Clin Hypertens. PDF
• Relations between digital thermal monitoring of vascular function, the Framingham risk score, and coronary artery calcium score. JCCT. PDFAccompanying Editorial: Anatomy, physiology, or epidemiology: Which is the best target for assessing vascular health? JCCT. Abstract
• Post-Exercise Reactive Hyperemia: A Novel Preoperative Risk Assessment Tool Poster Abstract
• Digital Thermal Monitoring: Non-Invasive Assessment of Perioperative Microvascular Function Poster Abstract

DTM Technical Papers:

• Reproducibility and variability of digital thermal monitoring of vascular reactivity. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. PDF
• Use of temperature alterations to characterize vascular reactivity. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. PDF
• Numerical analysis of dynamic temperature in response to different levels of reactive hyperaemia in a three-dimensional image-based hand model  LINK
• Sensitivity of Digital Thermal Monitoring Parameters to Reactive Hyperemia. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, ASME. PDF
• Digital Thermal Monitoring (DTM) of Vascular Reactivity Closely Correlates with Doppler Flow Velocity. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. PDF
• Lumped parameter thermal model for the study of vascular reactivity in the fingertip. J Biomech Eng. Abstract
• Interrelationships among noninvasive measures of postischemic macro- and microvascular reactivity J Appl Physiol. PDF

Review Articles about Vascular/Endothelial Dysfunction Measurement:

• Endothelial dysfunction over the course of coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J. PDF
• The Assessment of Endothelial Function: From Research Into Clinical Practice. Circulation. PDF
• The Endothelial Cell in Health and Disease: Its Function, Dysfunction, Measurement and Therapy. Int J Impot Res. PDF
• Endothelial function as a functional expression of cardiovascular risk factors. Biomark Med. PDF