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- Title
Autoregulation of Blood Viscosity in Health and Disease.
- Authors
Dintenfass, L.
- Abstract
It is suggested that blood viscosity remains constant through the action of an autoregulatory mechanism. The sensors and control loops correspond to two types of viscoreceptors, one sensing blood viscosity in large vessels, and another red cell rigidity in small vessels. The presence of rigid cells leads to a decrease of hematocrit to a level corresponding to below-normal blood viscosity in order to compensate for the increased peripheral vascular resistance caused by rigid cells. A malfunction of the beta system will lead to, or contribute to essential hypertension. The structure of the sensors is unknown and one can only speculate on the possible modes of function.
- Subjects
BLOOD viscosity; BLOOD flow; CELLS; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERTENSION
- Publication
Vascular Surgery, 1980, Vol 14, Issue 4, p227
- ISSN
0042-2835
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/153857448001400402