A hemodynamic analysis of coronary capillary blood flow based on anatomic and distensibility data

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 46-6, 1999, Pages

  Kassab, Ghassan S ^a   Le, Kha N ^a   Fung, Yuan Cheng B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary cross connections; Compliance; Flow distributions; Heterogeneity; Pressure distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0033387826     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.6.h2158     Document Type: Article

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