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Mechanics of Intramural Blood Vessels of the Beating Heart

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The blood flow of the coronary circulation is unique in that it supplies blood to the myocardium which pumps blood into the systemic and pulmonary circulations. In 1628, Harvey (1) found that the heart is a pump which expels blood through two circulations in series and also that channels exist in the walls of the heart for its own nourishment (2). In 1695, Scaramucci (3), who is frequently called the father of coronary circulation, postulated that the deeper coronary vessels are squeezed empty by cardiac contraction and they are refilled from the aorta during diastole.

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Kajiya, F., Goto, M., Yada, T., Ogasawara, Y., Tsujioka, K. (1995). Mechanics of Intramural Blood Vessels of the Beating Heart. In: Jaffrin, M.Y., Caro, C.G. (eds) Biological Flows. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9471-7_13

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