Resistance to blood flow in microvessels in vivo

Circulation Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 904-915

  Pries, A R ^a   Secomb, T W ^b   Gessner T ^a   Sperandio, M B ^a   Gross, J F ^b   Gaehtgens, P ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood viscosity; hematocrit; microvascular networks; peripheral resistance; pressure drop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0027985612     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.75.5.904     Document Type: Article

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