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View SchemaInstability and `Sausage-String' Appearance in Blood Vessels during High Blood Pressure
| Authors | Preben Alstrom, Victor M. Eguiluz, Morten Colding-Jorgensen, Finn Gustafsson, Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/9810002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9810002 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1995 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1995-1998 (1999) |
Abstract
A new Rayleigh-type instability is proposed to explain the `sausage-string' pattern of alternating constrictions and dilatations formed in blood vessels under influence of a vasoconstricting agent. Our theory involves the nonlinear elasticity characteristics of the vessel wall, and provides predictions for the conditions under which the cylindrical form of a blood vessel becomes unstable.
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"title": "Instability and `Sausage-String\u0027 Appearance in Blood Vessels during High Blood Pressure",
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