Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation - Volume 54, issue 1
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Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, a peer-reviewed international scientific journal, serves as an aid to understanding the flow properties of blood and the relationship to normal and abnormal physiology. The rapidly expanding science of hemorheology concerns blood, its components and the blood vessels with which blood interacts. It includes perihemorheology, i.e., the rheology of fluid and structures in the perivascular and interstitial spaces as well as the lymphatic system. The clinical aspects include pathogenesis, symptomatology and diagnostic methods, and the fields of prophylaxis and therapy in all branches of medicine and surgery, pharmacology and drug research.
The endeavour of the Editors-in-Chief and publishers of
Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation is to bring together contributions from those working in various fields related to blood flow all over the world. The editors of
Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation are from those countries in Europe, Asia, Australia and America where appreciable work in clinical hemorheology and microcirculation is being carried out. Each editor takes responsibility to decide on the acceptance of a manuscript. He is required to have the manuscript appraised by two referees and may be one of them himself. The executive editorial office, to which the manuscripts have been submitted, is responsible for rapid handling of the reviewing process.
Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation accepts original papers, brief communications, mini-reports and letters to the Editors-in-Chief. Review articles, providing general views and new insights into related subjects, are regularly invited by the Editors-in-Chief. Proceedings of international and national conferences on clinical hemorheology (in original form or as abstracts) complete the range of editorial features.
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Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation: medical practitioners in all fields including hematology, cardiology, geriatrics, angiology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, otology, and neurology. Pharmacologists, clinical laboratories, blood transfusion centres, manufacturing firms producing diagnostic instruments, and the pharmaceutical industry will also benefit.
Important new topics will increasingly claim more pages of
Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation: the role of hemorheological and microcirculatory disturbances for epidemiology and prognosis, in particular regarding cardiovascular disorders, as well as its significance in the field of geriatrics. Authors and readers are invited to contact the editors for specific information or to make suggestions.
Abstract: Rett syndrome (RTT) is a post-natal neurological disorder that represents the second most common cause for mental retardation. The presence of cold hands and feet, and blue, a feature frequently observed in these patients, is one of the non-neurological phenotypes that characterizes RTT, up to now not well explained. We have performed videocapillaroscopy in subjects affected by Rett syndrome. We have observed ramified and bushy capillaries, characteristic features of neoangiogenic capillaries, dilated capillaries and an irregular and chaotic microvascular pattern. To quantify these features and to evaluate the microvascular pattern complexity, we have performed a fractal analysis. Fractal dimension and…Lempel-Ziv indexes resulted higher in Rett females than in age-matched healthy females (p < 0.001; p < 0.001). Our findings indicate the presence of previously unrecognized microvascular abnormalities in Rett syndrome.
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Keywords: Rett syndrome, microvessels, fractal analysis, complexity analysis
