In patients with severe heart failure, compensatory mechanisms fail to provide adequate blood supply to the peripheral circulation, especially when the metabolic need is increased. The aim of this study was to assess alterations in the peripheral circulation in patients with mild heart failure using ultrasound Doppler.
Clinical Vascular Laboratory, 810 Clinical Vascular Laboratory University Medical Centre, St Radboud, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. hvanlangen@vasclab.azn.nl