Acute increase in reversal blood flow during counterpulsation is associated with vasoconstriction and changes in the aortic mechanics

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3986-3989

  Bia, Daniel ^a,b   Zócalo, Yanina ^a,b   Armentano, Ricardo ^a,b,c   De Forteza, Eduardo ^c   Cabrera Fischer, Edmundo ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b PC: 11800 ^*

^c FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FLOW PATTERNS; MUSCLE;

AORTIC MECHANICS; COUNTERPULSATION; RELAXING FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

HEMODIALYZERS;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; SHEEP; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 57649150077     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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