Hemorheology and tissue oxygen supply: Relationship to pharmacological treatment

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ehrly, A.M.

Affiliations: Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, J.-W.-Goethe-University Medical School, 6000 Frankfurt am Main 70, Federal Republic of Germany

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor DiPerri

Abstract: In this overview the relationship between an improvement of the flow properties of blood by several drugs in the one hand and the net tissue supply in patients on the other hand is described. There is clear evidence that it is not allowed to calculate an improvement in nutritive blood flow from hemorheologic extra vivum-data only. Direct measurements of tissue oxygen pressure allow to evaluate beneficial effects of hemorheologic treatment which do correlate to the patients benefit.

Keywords: Hemorheologic treatment, tissue supply

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1986-6405

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 325-329, 1986