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Micro-flows in different organs—i.e., the flow of blood through the smallest vessels, the microcirculation—differ in a number of aspects from blood flow in larger vessels. Most prominently, the vessels of the microcirculation exhibit diameters which are comparable in diameter to the size of red blood cells. In addition to these hemorheological differences, the vessels of the microcirculation exhibit the largest fraction of the overall inner vessel surface which is covered by the endothelium. This chapter focuses on the heart and the lung addressing phenomena in the microcirculation, including the no reflow phenomenon, coronary microvascular dysfunction in the heart and the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in the lung.
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Karagounis, V.A., Pries, A.R. (2013). Micro Flows in the Cardiopulmonary System: A Surgical Perspective. In: Collins, M., Koenig, C. (eds) Micro and Nano Flow Systems for Bioanalysis. Bioanalysis, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4376-6_5
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