REVASC-PAD: REstricted VASCular Exercise for Peripheral Arterial Disease - A Feasibility Study at University of Tennessee Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Recent change in resting ECG suggesting significant ischemia, recent myocardial infarction (within 2 weeks), or another acute cardiac event
• •2. Unstable angina
• •3. Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias
• •4. Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis or other significant valvular disease
• •5. Decompensated symptomatic heart failure
• •6. Acute pulmonary embolism or infarction
• •7. Acute noncardiac disorder likely to interfere with or be worsened by exercise (e.g., infection, thyrotoxicosis)
• •8. Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
• •9. Acute thrombophlebitis
• •10. Physical disability precluding safe or adequate exercise performance
• •11. Significant electrolyte abnormalities
• •12. Clinically significant tachyarrhythmias or bradyarrhythmias
• •13. High-degree atrioventricular block
• •14. Atrial fibrillation with uncontrolled ventricular response
• •15. Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with resting left ventricular outflow gradient of \>25 mmHg
• •16. Known active aortic dissection
• •17. Severe resting arterial hypertension (SBP\>200mmHg or DBP \>110 mmHg)
• •18. Mental impairment preventing cooperation with study procedures
• •19. Current pregnancy
• •20. Moderate to severe peripheral neuropathy
• •21. Open wounds or compromised skin near BFR cuff site
• •22. Active DVT or thromboembolic event within the past year