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A Fluid-Dynamicist’s and a Physiologist’s Look at Arterial Flow and Arteriosclerosis

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Fluid Dynamics as a Localizing Factor for Atherosclerosis

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The regular localization of early, as well as advanced atherosclerotic lesions in the vicinity of arterial branchings as well as the established role of aging and of arterial hypertension in the progression of this disease has long been recognized (e.g. Aschoff [1]). Consequently, fluid-dynamic considerations have for a long time been included in the pathogenetic theories about the initiation, progression and complications of atheromatosis. Descriptive terms such as “turbulence”, “blood stasis”, “dead water zones” were used in the early literature when the role of non-laminar flow near branches of the large arteries was discussed.

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  1. Medizinische Klinik (Ludolf-Krehl-Klinik) der Universität, Bergheimer Straße 58, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Gotthard Schettler , Hubert Mörl  & Curt Diehm ,  & 

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 77004, Houston, TX, USA

    Robert M. Nerem

  3. Abteilung Physiologie, Medizinische Fakultät der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule, Schneebergweg 211, D-5100, Aachen, Germany

    Holger Schmid-Schönbein

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Naumann, A., Schmid-Schönbein, H. (1983). A Fluid-Dynamicist’s and a Physiologist’s Look at Arterial Flow and Arteriosclerosis. In: Schettler, G., Nerem, R.M., Schmid-Schönbein, H., Mörl, H., Diehm, C. (eds) Fluid Dynamics as a Localizing Factor for Atherosclerosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69085-3_3

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