Endothelial function, fluid dynamics, hemorheology implications for clinical and preclinical vascular disease and implications for the ESCHM

Issue title: Selected papers of the 18th European Conference for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM), 5-8 June, 2016, Lisbon, Portugal

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gori, Tommaso^*

Affiliations: Kardiologie I, Universitätsmedizin Mainz und DZHK Standort Rhein-Main, Mainz, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Tommaso Gori, MD PhD, 2. Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Tel.: +49 6131 172829; Fax: +49 6131 176428; E-mail: Tommaso.gori@unimedizin-mainz.de.

Abstract: Vascular homeostasis involves endothelial function, smooth muscle function, central hemodynamics, and their interactions with blood. In this complex balance, the role of hemorheological parameters still needs to be defined, particularly with regards to its clinical implications. While the importance of microcirculation is being increasingly appreciated, the mechanisms of hemorheology and their implications are still not. This will be the challenge of our Society for the next years.

Keywords: Coronary slow flow, endothelial function, viscosity, hematocrit, platelets

DOI: 10.3233/CH-168017

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 521-524, 2016