ADAPTIVE REGULATION OF WALL SHEAR-STRESS OPTIMIZING VASCULAR TREE FUNCTION
ADAPTIVE REGULATION OF WALL SHEAR-STRESS OPTIMIZING VASCULAR TREE FUNCTION
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DOI:
10.1016/s0092-8240(84)80038-5
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
TOGAWA, T
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作者:
KAMIYA, A;BUKHARI, R;TOGAWA, T
Branching structure of the mammalian arterial tree is known to be close to that of an optimal conduit system of the minimum work model characterized as the branch system of constant wall shear rate. The physiological mechanism producing such construction was considered to be based on the local response of arterial caliber induced by the wall shear stress (shear rate .times. blood viscosity), thereby maintaining this stress constant, which was previously observed at the canine common carotid artery shunted to the external jugular vein. Stress levels at various parts of the arterial system estimated from available data fell within .+-. 50% of the mean (15 dyn/cm2), whcih was consistent with the value predicted from the model. Theoretical analyses on the cost function of the model indicated that the suspected variation of shear rate levels in the arterial tree due to the anomalous changes in blood viscosity, which might bring about 3- to 4-fold differences between the minimum and maximum shear rates, would cause < 10% increase in the total energy cost. A local adaptive response to wall shear stress is the mechanism which effectively optimizes the design of the arterial tree.