Microvascular benefits of increasing plasma viscosity and maintaining blood viscosity: Counterintuitive experimental findings

Biorheology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-179

  Salazar Vazquez B Y ^a   Martini, J ^b   Chavez Negrete A ^c   Cabrales, P ^d   Tsai, A G ^d   Intaglietta, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hemoconcentration; Hemodilution; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide; Plasma expander; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; STARCH;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; HAMSTER; HEART OUTPUT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA VISCOSITY; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 68649112845     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-2009-0539     Document Type: Review

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