Motion of red blood cells in a capillary with an endothelial surface layer: Effect of flow velocity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 2 50-2, 2001, Pages

  Secomb, T W ^a   Hsu, R ^a   Pries, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent viscosity; Blood flow resistance; Glycocalyx; Hematocrit; Microvessels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE;

EID: 0034891566     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.2.h629     Document Type: Article

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