Microvascular pressure measurement reveals a coronary vascular waterfall in arterioles larger than 110

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 5 50-5, 2001, Pages

  Versluis, J Pieter ^a,b   Heslinga, Johannes W ^a   Sipkema, Pieter ^a   Westerhof, Nico ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary flow; FITC dextran; Microvasculature; Rat; Servo null

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE; VENULE;

EID: 0035205253     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.5.h1913     Document Type: Article

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