Mike Rampling, Friedrich Jung, Philippe Connes, Lukas Prantl
{"title":"In memory of Prof. Dr. Bo Sandhagen.","authors":"Mike Rampling, Friedrich Jung, Philippe Connes, Lukas Prantl","doi":"10.1177/13860291251343775","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251343775","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144201053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Cheng, Ying Wang, Li Wei, Rui Cheng, Jun Jiang, Xingang Cui, Yi Dong
{"title":"The analysis of multimodality ultrasound features of renal cell carcinomas with different tumor sizes.","authors":"Juan Cheng, Ying Wang, Li Wei, Rui Cheng, Jun Jiang, Xingang Cui, Yi Dong","doi":"10.1177/13860291251345956","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251345956","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives:</b> To assess multimodality ultrasound features of renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) with different tumor sizes, especially in RCCs ≤ 3 cm in diameter. <b>Patients & Methods:</b> Patients with surgery resection and histopathologically confirmed RCCs were included. All patients underwent multimodality ultrasound examinations one week before surgery. <b>Results:</b> From July 2023 to January 2024, a total of 81 RCCs were finally enrolled, including Group 1 (≤ 3 cm, n = 41) and Group 2 (> 3 cm, n = 40). Hypervascular blood supply could be observed more commonly in RCCs > 3 cm than in RCCs ≤ 3 cm (<i>P</i> = 0.039) by MVI. The median SWV values of RCCs > 3 cm were higher than those in the RCCs ≤ 3 cm (<i>P</i> = 0.038). During arterial phase of CEUS, hyper-enhancement could be observed more often in RCCs > 3 cm (<i>P</i> = 0.246). However, 58.5% (24 / 41) of small RCCs ≤ 3 cm showed relatively late wash out after 60 s (<i>P</i> = 0.005). <b>Conclusions:</b> While comparing to bigger ones, RCCs ≤ 3 cm showed relatively less blood supply in the CDFI and MVI techniques, softer texture, hyperperfusion and later wash out after 60 s on CEUS.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"51-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ulf Dornseifer, Lukas Kargl, Kyryl Kharytonchuk, Michael Kimelman, Philipp Moog, Peter Paul Pfeiler
{"title":"Remote ischemic conditioning improves orthostatic competence of cutaneous microcirculation and central hemodynamics.","authors":"Ulf Dornseifer, Lukas Kargl, Kyryl Kharytonchuk, Michael Kimelman, Philipp Moog, Peter Paul Pfeiler","doi":"10.1177/13860291251332086","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251332086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In lower extremity free flap reconstructions, the fragile initial flap perfusion must adapt to orthostatic stress during mobilization, slowing rehabilitation. However, active measures to accelerate this flap training are lacking. Remote Ischemic Conditioning (RIC) has been shown to improve microcirculation, but previous findings are limited to immobilized patients and do not consider the blood pressure-lowering potential of RIC, which could counteract orthostatic regulation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effect of RIC on cutaneous perfusion and central hemodynamics during orthostatic stress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This before-and-after study included 20 healthy volunteers mobilized on a tilt table. One cycle without conditioning was followed by an RIC-cycle 24 h later. Cutaneous microcirculation was assessed using laser Doppler flowmetry and remission spectroscopy at the anterolateral thigh. Hemodynamic parameters were evaluated using noninvasive continuous finger blood pressure measurements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>RIC resulted in a less pronounced decline in blood flow and oxygen saturation levels below baseline during orthostatic stress (<i>p</i> < 0.003) and a greater increase above baseline during recovery (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Furthermore, post-conditional blood pressure increased more above baseline during orthostastic stress (<i>p</i> < 0.02) and recovery (<i>p</i> < 0.007).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>RIC may improve the orthostatic competence of cutaneous microcirculation and central hemodynamics, suggesting its potential to support flap training and earlier patient mobilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"22-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of general anesthesia combined with epidural block on hemorheology in elderly patients with laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Jing Li, Wanqiu Fan, Jian Peng, Bencui Zeng, Xinghao Wang, Biqian Dong","doi":"10.1177/13860291251335469","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251335469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundLaparoscopic surgery is widely used in the field of clinical surgery due to its minimal trauma, minimal bleeding, short hospital stay, and fast postoperative recovery. There were several studies found that elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery are more prone to coagulation disorders, increased blood viscosity, and the influence of CO<sub>2</sub> pneumoperitoneum, which can easily lead to changes in blood rheology There are no studies have investigated the effects on blood rheology of general anesthesia combined with epidural block on hemorheology in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of rectal cancer. This trial investigated to explore the effect of general anesthesia combined with epidural block on blood rheology in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of rectal cancer, providing experimental basis for clinical anesthesia to regulate blood rheology characteristics and prevent hyperviscosity and its complications.MethodsA total of 60 patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer<b>,</b> aged 60-75 years, with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status III, were enrolled in this study. All the subjects were randomly divided into general anesthesia group (group G, n = 30) and general anesthesia in combination with epidural block group (group G + E, n = 30) according to a random number table. Patients in the group G received the general anesthesia alone while those in the group G + E were given the combined epidural block based on anesthetic method of group G. The arterial blood gas indexes (pH, PaCO<sub>2</sub> and HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) and hemodynamic indexes(Hŋ<sub>b</sub>, Lŋ<sub>b</sub>,η<sub>p</sub>, EAI, Hct and ESR) were measured at four time points: before induction of general anesthesia (T<sub>0</sub>), 5 min before establishment of pneumoperitoneum (T<sub>1</sub>), 30 min after establishment of pneumoperitoneum (T<sub>2</sub>) and 30 min after elimination of pneumoperitoneum (T<sub>3</sub>).ResultsThere was no significant statistical difference (<i>p</i> > 0.05) in pH, PaCO<sub>2</sub>, and HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> between the two groups at T<sub>1</sub>, T<sub>2</sub>, and T<sub>3</sub>. At T<sub>0</sub>, there was no significant difference (<i>p</i> > 0.05) in Hŋ<sub>b</sub>, Lŋ<sub>b</sub>, η<sub>p</sub>, Erythrocyte Aggregation Index (EAI), Hct, and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) between the two groups. However, these indices were significantly lower in group G + E than in group G (<i>p</i> < 0.05) at T<sub>1</sub>, T<sub>2</sub>, and T<sub>3</sub>.ConclusionCombining general anesthesia with epidural block can effectively reduce the hemorheological indexes of patients and improve the hemorheological state in elderly patients with malignant tumors undergoing laparoscopic surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"39-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144060708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The use of modern ultrasound tools such as Power Doppler Imaging (PDI) and Microvascular Imaging (MVI) in addition to color-coded Doppler sonography (CCDS) and B-mode in the detection and evaluation of the hepatic artery.","authors":"M Akers, W Bäumler, C Stroszczynski, E M Jung","doi":"10.1177/13860291251317455","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251317455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the contribution of modern ultrasound imaging tools such as PDI or MVI in improving detection rate, anatomical visualization, and spectral analysis of the hepatic artery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The retrospective single-center study analyzed 40 patients undergoing regular ultrasound control in pre-existing vascular diseases of the liver and after liver transplantation or ablative interventions with furthermore limited examination conditions due to the patient's physique or irregular vascular status after medical treatment such as referred to above. To deal with these conditions, PDI as well as MVI were performed in addition to the standardized B-mode and CCDS. Image quality interpretation was obtained retrospectively by two advanced physicians, evaluating detection rate, anatomical visualization of the vessel itself and artefact-free spectral analysis of the hepatic artery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All forty patients (28 men, 13 women, age 23-84 years, mean 60 ± 15 years, median 61 years) showed limited examination conditions and underwent analysis of the resistive index (RI) of the hepatic artery (0.56-0.77, mean 0.67 ± 0.06, median 0.67) by using CCDS, as well as PDI and MVI. The reading addressing the image quality resulted in an average value of 2.74 (median 3.00) ± 0.82 for CCDS in the standard device versus an average value of 3.70 ± 0.83 (median 4.00) in the competing device by combining PDI and MVI scores and when addressed separately 3.56 ± 1.02 (median 4.00) for PDI versus 3.58 ± 1.02 (4.00) for MVI. Overall image quality of the competing device combining PDI and MVI was significantly superior to the standard device only using CCDS for both readers in the detection and evaluation of the hepatic artery (<i>p </i>< 0.01) by providing a strong inter-reader reliability for each evaluation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Combination of PDI and MVI can improve detection and visualization of the hepatic artery and its anatomy in compromised examination settings, as well as artefact-free spectral analysis detecting hemodynamic changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"32-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cheng Juan, Qiu Yijie, Wang Wen-Ping, Johannes Fleischmann, Barbara Greiner, Dong Yi, Ernst Michael Jung
{"title":"Possibility of modern ultrasound imaging of portal venous system.","authors":"Cheng Juan, Qiu Yijie, Wang Wen-Ping, Johannes Fleischmann, Barbara Greiner, Dong Yi, Ernst Michael Jung","doi":"10.1177/13860291251324086","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251324086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the past few years, there have been a number of new technical developments in the field of high-performance ultrasound diagnostics, which should help us to better assess dynamic vascular changes with ultrasound. BMUS enables us to get important anatomical variants with regard to the portal venous vessels and the hepatic veins. With color-coded duplex sonography (CCDS), and power Doppler (PD), examiners can carry out a comprehensive hemodynamic assessment of the portal venous. However, low flow settings in the vein have always been a particular challenge for CCDS, since the examiner requires special experience and artefacts often occur. In this review article, we reviewed the technical basics and diagnostic possibilities of new digital vascular ultrasound methods, 3D flow methods and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the assessment of portal venous flow changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12329154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144201054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aneta Teległów, Konrad Rembiasz, Janusz Pobędza, Jakub Marchewka, Zygmunt Dziechciowski, Andrzej Czerwiński, Jakub Leśniowski, Monika Świderska, Aleksandra Urban, Piotr Mika
{"title":"The influence of various forms of one-time physical activity at -5°C on the rheological properties of blood in young men.","authors":"Aneta Teległów, Konrad Rembiasz, Janusz Pobędza, Jakub Marchewka, Zygmunt Dziechciowski, Andrzej Czerwiński, Jakub Leśniowski, Monika Świderska, Aleksandra Urban, Piotr Mika","doi":"10.1177/13860291251340536","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251340536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical activity combined with low temperatures can improve physical fitness, the efficiency of many organ systems, and mental well-being. The study investigated the effects of single sessions of various forms of physical activity (running, walking, lying down) conducted in a thermal climate chamber at a temperature of -5°C on blood rheological properties in young men. The participants (21 men aged 22 years), when performing the activities, were fasting and hydrated with 500 ml of water. Erythrocyte deformability increased at a shear stress of 4.24 Pa in the walking group and in the jogging group between the measurements before and after the activity. An increase in erythrocyte deformability was also recorded at a shear stress of 8.23 Pa, 15.95 Pa, 30.94 Pa, and 60.00 Pa after running, walking, and lying down compared with the blood indicators measured before these activities. Statistically significant changes were reported for aggregation index in the jogging group after the activity. The increase in erythrocyte deformability at higher shear stress levels may constitute a mechanism to facilitate blood flow in men exposed to a temperature of -5°C. The study revealed specific differences that can be used to combine cold therapy with physical exercise.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144044616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Friedrich Jung, Philippe Connes, Christian Lehmann
{"title":"A.L. Copley Best Paper Prize 2023.","authors":"Friedrich Jung, Philippe Connes, Christian Lehmann","doi":"10.1177/13860291251331151","DOIUrl":"10.1177/13860291251331151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":" ","pages":"315"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144061460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical application value of ultrasound artificial intelligence technology in the diagnosis of breast nodules.","authors":"Yijuan Wu, Peiyu Huang, Weiping Guo, Ying Zhang, Xiaolan Xu, Shuang Ye, Chao Wu","doi":"10.1177/13860291241305491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13860291241305491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveTo investigate the application value of ultrasound artificial intelligence S-Detect technology in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast nodules.MethodsSuspicious breast nodules were examined using S-Detect technology, conventional ultrasound (US), and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). The differential diagnoses were compared with final pathological results to analyze the diagnostic efficacy of these three techniques in distinguishing benign from malignant breast nodules.ResultsThe accuracy of S-Detect in diagnosing benign and malignant breast nodules was 0.859, with a sensitivity of 0.915, specificity of 0.839, and an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.877. The value of AUC was significantly higher than that of US (0.727, <i>P</i> < 0.01), but lower than US + CEUS (0.908, <i>P</i> < 0.05). According to the final pathological classification, S-Detect demonstrated higher accuracy in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions in complex cysts, hyperplastic nodules, and adenomas compared to US (<i>P</i> < 0.05), with no significant difference when compared to US + CEUS. In differentiating malignant breast tumors, there was no significant difference in accuracy between S-Detect and US.ConclusionUltrasound artificial intelligence S-Detect technology exhibits high diagnostic efficacy in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant breast nodules.</p>","PeriodicalId":93943,"journal":{"name":"Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation","volume":"89 4","pages":"356-362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144164222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}