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The results of a comprehensive study of blood rheology in subjects with a normal or changed vascular bed show that chronic venous and arterial insufficiency in the lower limbs, caused by morphological changes in vessels, is accompanied by a decrease in the blood fluidity. This impairs the efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues. The authors detected rheological shifts that facilitate increases in the blood viscosity.
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Gushchin, A.G., Murav'ev, A.V., Shaechkina, I.K. et al. Hemorheological Status of a Body with a Normal vs. Changed Vascular Bed. Human Physiology 27, 458–460 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010919020982
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