References

ACI Medical has clinical testing relationships with some of the best medical research facilities in the world including: Tufts Medical School - Boston, State University of New York - Stony Brook, University of Rochester - New York, Temple University School of Medicine - Philadelphia, Loyola Medical School - Chicago and Southern Illinois University - Springfield.

Abstracts are in chronological order.

  1. Augmentation of Blood Flow in Limbs with Occlusive Arterial Disease by Intermittent Calf Compression
    Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
  2. Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy in Patients with Leg Ischemia
    Academic Hospital Utrecht, Vascular Center, The Netherlands
  3. Intermittent Calf and Foot Compression Increases Lower Extremity Blood Flow
    Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  4. Acute Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression on Lower Limb Venous Hemodynamics
    Division of Surgery, Loyola Medical Center, Maywood, IL
  5. Intermittent Foot and Calf Compression: Effects on Arterial Blood Flow and Value in the Treatment of Intermittent Claudication
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  6. Intermittent Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression: Determining Its Optimal Effect on Venous Haemodynamics Using Direct Pressure Monitoring
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  7. Improving Popliteal Artery Flow with Intermittent Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  8. The Contributions of Arterial and Venous Volumes to Inccreased Cutaneous Blood Flow During Leg Compression
    Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  9. Acute Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression on Popliteal Artery Blood Flow
    Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
  10. Intermittent Foot and Calf Compression. A Novel Way to Treat Intermittent Claudication
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  11. Case Study and Literature Review: Treatment of Non-healing Lower Extremity Ulcer with a New Form of Progressive, Rapid, Pneumatic Compression
    Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, General Surgery/Section Vascular Surgery, Panorama City, CA
  12. Optimum Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Stimulus for Lower-limb Venous Emptying
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  13. Enhancing Venous Outflow in the Lower Limb with Intermittent Pneumatic Compression. A Comparative Haemodynamic Analysis on the Effect of Foot vs. Calf vs. Foot and Calf Compression
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  14. Effect of Posture on Popliteal Artery Hemodynamics
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London UK
  15. Rapid Intermittent Compression Increases Skin Circulation in Chronically Ischemic Legs with Infra-popliteal Arterial Obstruction
    Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  16. Pneumatic Limb Compression: A Free Lunch? Invited Comments
    Division of Vascular Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University
  17. Improving Walking Ability and Ankle Brachial Pressure Indices in Symptomatic Peripheral Vascular Disease with Intermittent Pneumatic Foot Compression: A Prospective Controlled Study with One-year Follow-up
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  18. The Acute Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression on Popliteal Artery Hemodynamics: A Comparative Study
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  19. Enhancing Foot Skin Blood Flow in Patients with Infrainguinal Arterial Bypass Grafting Using Intermittent Pneumatic Compression
    Irvine Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  20. Effect of Intermittent Pneumatic Foot Compression on Popliteal Artery Haemodynamics
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  21. Improvement in Walking Ability, Ankle Pressure Indices and Quality of Life in Vascular Claudication Using Intermittent Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial with 1 Year Follow-Up
    Academic Vascular Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  22. Effects of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression of the Calf and Thigh on Arterial Calf Inflow: A Study of Normals, Claudicants, and Grafted Arteriopaths
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  23. The ArtAssist® Device in Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia. A Pilot Study.
    St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, Canada
  24. Intermittent Pneumatic Foot & Calf Compression in Vascular Claudication: A Randomized Trial
    Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
  25. Improvement of the Walking Ability in Intermittent Claudication with Supervised Exercise and Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression: Preliminary Results at Six Weeks of a Randomized Controlled Study
    Vascular Unit, Ealing Hospital and Department of Vascular Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
  26. Limb Salvage Using High-Pressure Intermittent Compression Arterial Assist Device in Cases Unsuitable for Surgical Revascularization.
    Departments of Vascular Surgery and Podiatry; and the Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  27. The ArtAssist® Device in Chronic Lower Limb Ischemia.
    From the Section of Vascular Surgery, the Department of Surgery and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine - University of Manitoba, St. Boniface Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  28. Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for the Treatment of lower Extremity Arterial Disease: A Systematic Review.
    Labropoulos, Nicos; Wierks, Carls; and Suffoletto, Brian. Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA. Vascular Medicine 2002;7;141-148.

  29. Critical Limb Ischemia Successfully Treated by Intermittent Pneumatic Compression.
    Yoram Moses, MD and Boris Yoffe, MD, FACS. Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Marailai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel. IMAJ;Vol4,Issue9,September 2002.

  30. Enhancing Foot Skin Blood Flux in Peripheral Vascular Disease Using Intermittent Pneumatic Compression: A Controlled Study on Claudicants and Grafted Arteriopaths.
    Delis, K.T.; Husmann, M.J.W.; Nicolaides, A.N.; Wolfe. J.H., and Cheshire, N.J World Journal Surgery, Imperial College School Of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK.

  31. Intermittent Compression Pump for nonhealing Wounds in Patients with Limb Ischemia. The Mayo Clinic Experience (1998-2000).
    Montor, V.M.; Kavros, S.J.; Walsh, E.E.; and Rooke, T.W. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Int Angiol 2002;21:360-6.

  32. Angiographic Improvement After Rapid Intermittent Compression Treatment (ArtAssist®) for Small Vessel Obstruction.
    van Bemmelon, P.; Char, D.; Giron, F; and Ricotta, J.J. Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York and Stony Brook, NY, USA. Ann Vasc Surg 2003;17:224-228.

  33. Acute Effect of Intermittent Foot-Calf Compression on Skin Microcirculation in Patients with Severe Leg Ischemia.
    Ubbink, D. Th.; van Iterson, V.; Lagarnate, D.A. Department of Vascular Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  34. Intermittent Pneumatic Calf and Foot Compression Improves Walking Distance in Patients with Claudication: Results of a Randomized Study. Ramaswami, G.; D'Ayala, M.; Hollier, L.H.; Brem, H.; McElihinney, A.J. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, Veterans Adminstration Hospital, Bronx, NY. Presented at the 32nd Annual Symposium off Vascular Surgery, Rancho Mirage, CA, March 2004.

  35. Haemodynamic Effect of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression of the Leg After Infainguinal Arterial Bypass Grafting.  Delis, K.; Husmann, M.;  Szendro, G.; Peter, N.; Wolfe, J.H.; Mansfield, A.O.  Regional Vascular Center, Surgery and Department of Academic Cardiology, St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.

  36. Improvement in Walking Ability, Ankle Pressure Indices and Quality of Life in Vascular Claudication Using Intermittent Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression: A Randomized Controlled Trial.  Delis, K.T.; Nicolaides, A.N.; Cheshire, N.J.W; Wolfe, J.H.N.  St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK.  British Journal of Surgery December 2002;Volume88,Issue4:605-606.

  37. Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease.  Strejcek, J.; Arkans, E.  Phlebology Digest 2004; Volume 17;Issue1:5-8.

  38. Improvement of the Walking Ability in Intermittent Claudification with Supervised Exercise and Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression: Results at Six Months of a Randomized Controlled Trial.  S Kakkos, G Geroulakos, A Nicolaides.  Vascular Unit, Ealing Hospital and Department of Vascular Surgery Imperial College, London, UK.  Presented at the 2004 European Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting.

  39. Effect of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression of Foot and Calf on Walking Distance, Hemodynamics, and Quality of Life in Patients with Arterial Claudication. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study with 1-Year Follow-up. Konstantinos Delis and Andrew N. Nicolaides. Annals of Surgery, March 2005; Vol. 241, Number 3:431-41.

  40. Rapid Foot and Calf Compresssion Increases Walking Distance in Patients with Intermittent Claudication; Results of Randomized Study. Ramaswami, G.; D'Alaya, M.; Hollier, L.; Deutsch, R.; Mcelhinney, A.J. Houston, Tex; Brooklyn and Bronx NY; New Orleans, LA; and San Diego, CA. J. Vasc Surg. May 2005; Volume 41, Number 5: 794-801.

  41. Improvement of the Walking Ability in Intermittent Claudication due to Superficial Femoral Artery Occlusion with Supervised Exercise and Pneumatic Foot and Calf Compression: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Kakkos, S.K.; Geroulakos, G.; Nicolaides, A.N. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, U.K. Eur J Vasc Surg. August 2005; Volume 30: 164-175.

  42. Hemodynamic effects of intermittent pneumatic compression in patients with critical limb ischemia. Labropoulos, Nicos; Leon, Luis R.; Bhatti, Ahmad; Melton, Steven; Kang, Steven S.; Mansour, Ashraf M.; Borge, Marc. The Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood Ill. Journal of Vascular Surgery. October 2005; Volume 42, Number 4: 710-716.

  43. External Intermittent Compression Increases Collateral Artery Number and Size Following Femoral Artery Occlusion. VanBemmelen, Paul S.; Choudry, Rashad; Salvatore, Michael D.; Goldenberg, Marat; Goldman, Bruce; Blebea, John. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA . VascularWeb, Provided by the Society for Vascular Surgery, 2006.

  44. A randomized, placebo-controlled limb salvage trial using the ArtAssist pneumatic compression device. George Louridas, MD. Univeristy of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 2006


 
 
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