RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Angiographic study of digital arteries in workers exposed to vinyl chloride.
JF British Journal of Industrial Medicine
JO Br J Ind Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 169
OP 172
DO 10.1136/oem.39.2.169
VO 39
IS 2
A1 Falappa, P
A1 Magnavita, N
A1 Bergamaschi, A
A1 Colavita, N
YR 1982
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/39/2/169.abstract
AB Five patients exposed to vinyl chloride were studied by hand angiography and other non-invasive methods, including photoplethysmography, rheography, and thermography. Raynaud's phenomenon was present in all five subjects, while acro-osteolysis affected only one. Organic vascular lesions, such as narrowing, segmentary occlusions of digital arteries and bridge collaterals, were found in angiographic studies. Only one patient did not show clear segmentary occlusions, but his vessels were crooked and diffusely narrowed. Angiographic results appear to correlate well with the changes shown by non-invasive techniques.