Lower-extremity edema associated with gene transfer of naked DNA encoding vascular endothelial growth factor
Lower-extremity edema associated with gene transfer of naked DNA encoding vascular endothelial growth factor
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DOI:
10.7326/0003-4819-132-11-200006060-00005
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发表时间:
2000-06-06
影响因子:
39.2
通讯作者:
Isner, JM
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作者:
Baumgartner, I;Rauh, G;Isner, JM
Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes angiogenesis and vascular permeability. The extent to which VEGF may cause tissue edema in humans has not been established.Objective: To evaluate patients undergoing VEGF gene transfer for evidence of lower-extremity edema.Design: Prospective consecutive case series.Setting: Hospital outpatient clinic.Patients: 62 patients with critical limb ischemia and 28 patients with claudication.Intervention: Gene transfer of VECF DNA.Measurements: Semiquantitative analysis of lower-extremity edema.Results: Lower-extremity edema was observed in 31 of 90 (34%) patients. Edema was less common in patients with claudication than in those with pain at rest (P = 0.016) or ischemic ulcers (P < 0.001), and it was less common in patients with pain at rest than in those with ischemic ulcers (P = 0.017). Treatment was typically limited to a brief course of oral diuretics.Conclusions: Vascular endothelial growth factor may enhance vascular permeability in humans. At the doses of plasmid DNA used in this study, lower-extremity edema responded to oral diuretic therapy and did not seem to be associated with serious sequelae.