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A continuum mechanics model for the Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect

The decrease in apparent relative viscosity that occurs when blood is made to flow through a tube whose diameter is less than about 0.3 mm is a well-known and documented phenomenon in physiology, known as the Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect. However, since the historical work of Fåhræus and Lindqvist (Amer...

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Autores principales: Farina, Angiolo, Rosso, Fabio, Fasano, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8452817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34218404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10867-021-09575-8