Inversion of the Fahraeusâ Lindqvist Phenomenon in Blood Flow through Capillaries of Diminishing Radius
DINTENFASS, LEOPOLD
Журнал:
Nature
Дата:
1967
Аннотация:
THE flow of blood in the microcirculation is of great physiological and clinical importance but, because of its complexity, the mechanism is not fully understood. Fahraeus and Lindqvist<sup>1</sup> first observed an apparent decrease of blood viscosity when it flowed through capillaries of decreasing diameters. Their work was later confirmed<sup>2â 6</sup> and the reality of the Fahraeusâ Lindqvist phenomenon was accepted. Its explanation, often attempted<sup>2,7â 9</sup>, relied chiefly on the concepts of an axial concentration of red cells and/or on the effect of a plasmatic â lubricatingâ layer along the capillary walls.
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