February 16, 2024Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

History of the cutaneous microcirculation from antiquity to modern times

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Understanding of cutaneous microcirculation shifted from passive cardiac pumping to active local control within terminal vasculature comprising arterioles and capillaries.
PubMed records list 5423 microcirculation and 2195 capillary microscopy studies since 1955, reflecting expanding physiological insights following a pivotal 1963 consensus.
Historical review of terminal vasculature investigations reveals how video systems measuring erythrocyte velocities enabled quantitative dynamic assessments in human skin.

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Historical review traces cutaneous microcirculation models from early anatomical discoveries to modern dynamic capillary imaging, highlighting progressive insights into blood flow autoregulation.

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F. Jung (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e78e2db6db6435876ff968 https://doi.org/10.3233/ch-248001

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Historical review traces cutaneous microcirculation models from early anatomical discoveries to modern dynamic capillary imaging, highlighting progressive insights into blood flow autoregulation.

History of the cutaneous microcirculation from antiquity to modern times

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History of the cutaneous microcirculation from antiquity to modern times

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