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The rheological properties of the arterial wall

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Progress and Trends in Rheology

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The mechanical properties of blood vessels are an important determinant of hemodynamics. Large arteries, as chief site of vascular impedance, determine the pulsatile load on the heart. They fulfill a “windkessel”-function in smoothing out the pulsatile flow stemming from the heart in a continuous flow through the capillaries. Because of its mechanical function and because of its proneness to disease, the arterial wall is object of intensive research.

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  1. Physiologisches Institut, Universität Graz, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Dr. K. Pascale & Dr. H. W. Weizsäcker

  2. Institut für Histologie und Embryologie, Universität Graz, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    A. Gauster & Dr. G. Dohr

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  1. Dr. K. Pascale
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Hanswalter Giesekus Kurt Kirschke Joseph Schurz

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Pascale, K., Weizsäcker, H.W., Gauster, A., Dohr, G. (1982). The rheological properties of the arterial wall. In: Giesekus, H., Kirschke, K., Schurz, J. (eds) Progress and Trends in Rheology. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12809-1_66

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