VELOCITY PROFILES OF BLOOD-PLATELETS AND RED-BLOOD-CELLS FLOWING IN ARTERIOLES OF THE RABBIT MESENTERY
VELOCITY PROFILES OF BLOOD-PLATELETS AND RED-BLOOD-CELLS FLOWING IN ARTERIOLES OF THE RABBIT MESENTERY
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.59.5.505
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发表时间:
1986-11-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
RENEMAN, RS
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作者:
TANGELDER, GJ;SLAAF, DW;RENEMAN, RS
Velocity profiles were determined in rabbit mesenteric arterioles (diameter 17-32 .mu.m). A good spatial resolution was obtained by using the blood platelets as small and natural markers of flow, providing for the first time in vivo detailed, quantitative information about the shape of the velocity profiles in microvessels. In some experiments red blood cell velocity profiles were recorded as well. Easy detection of the cells of interest could be achieved by labelling them selectively with a fluorescent dye and visualizing them by intravital fluorescence video microscopy, using flashed illumination. Pairs of flashes were given with a short, preset time interval between both flashes, yielding in one TV picture two images of the same cell displaced over a certain distance for the given time interval. Velocity and mean radial position of cells, flowing within an optical section around the median plane of the vessel, were determined. The shape of the velocity profiles of platelets and red blood cells was similar. The profiles were flattened as compared to a parabola, both in syustole an diastole. Vessel diameter did not change measurably during the cardiac cycle. As an index of the degree of blunting of the profiles, the ratio of the maximal and mean velocity of the profile was used, which is 2 for a parabola and 1 for complete plug flow. The index ranged from1.39 to 1.54 (median 1.50), and increased with vessel diameter. Calculations showed that the blunting of the profiles cannot be explained by an influence of the finite depth of the optical section.