Why the study?
Does blood viscosity modulate arterial wall elasticity before and after deendothelization in ovine arteries?
Population
7 ovine brachiocephalic arteries studied in vitro under physiological pulsatile flow conditions
Comparison
Increases in blood viscosity and deendothelization vs Baseline blood viscosity and intact endothelium
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Viscosity effects on arterial elasticity depend on intact endothelium; leaves open relevance to human vascular disease.
Does blood viscosity modulate arterial wall elasticity before and after deendothelization in ovine arteries?
Arterial wall elasticity is strongly modulated by blood viscosity, an effect dependent on the presence of an intact endothelium.
Fischer et al. (2002) studied this question.
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