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. 1976 Nov 5;366(2-3):289-91.
doi: 10.1007/BF00585894.

Observations on blood flow related electrical impedance changes in rigid tubes

K R Visser, R Lamberts, H H Korsten, W G Zijlstra

Observations on blood flow related electrical impedance changes in rigid tubes

K R Visser et al. Pflugers Arch. .

Abstract

Mammalian blood in pulsatile flow through a rigid tube has been shown to be anisotropic with regard to its electrical conductivity. When flow increases there is a rise in conductivity in the longitudinal and a fall in the radial direction. These changes are caused by flow-dependent variations in the orientation of the disk-shaped erythrocytes.

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