Competition between collateral vessels
- 1 September 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 7 (5) , 670-675
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/7.5.670
Abstract
The number of collateral vessels that supplies a given vascular bed tends to decrease. We suggest that this results from effects of the hydrodynamic drag of the stream on the endothelium. A mathematical model forms the basis for the argument. Some implications of this thesis on the natural history of clinical arterial stenoses are discussed.Keywords
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