Editorial: The evolution of the meaning of blood hyperviscosity in cardiovascular physiopathology: Should we reinterpret poiseuille?

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Forconi, Sandro ^a   Gori, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HEMODILUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISCOMETER; ART; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

BLOOD VISCOSITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 67651173203     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1186     Document Type: Editorial

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