Fig. 2From: Preoperative endothelial dysfunction for the prediction of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass: a pilot study based on a second analysis of the MONS studyMeasurement of cutaneous microcirculation. A Cutaneous blood perfusion imager. Incident lights from the laser (thick red arrows) are scattered back (dotted arrows) from red blood cells flowing in the microvessels. B Typical dose–response vasodilatation to iontophoresis after definition of a region of interest. Recorded variables are figured by dotted arrows (peak–baseline amplitude and time-to-peak)Back to article page