What is the correlation between VENDYS and other vascular function tests?
A9. VENDYS has been studied in relation to FMD-BAUS (flow mediated dilatation-brachial artery ultrasound), Doppler flow velocity, LDF (laser Doppler flowmetry), and PAT (peripheral arterial tonometry-EndoPAT). In summary, VENDYS exhibited modest correlations with these methods. We believe that VENDYS, by reflecting both cutaneous and deep tissue vascular reactivity, introduces a new angle to vascular function assessment and does not equate with any of the above techniques; in fact, based on our preliminary studies, VENDYS is a very sensitive marker of vascular (and neurovascular) reactivity and may prove to be the most useful and cost effective clinical tool for monitoring vascular function.
