INTIMAL PITS OF AORTA IN RABBITS: IMPRINTS OF VORTICES OF BLOOD FLOW?
- 15 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Section A Pathology
- Vol. 85A (1), 25-32
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1977.tb03864.x
Abstract
Scanning EM of rabbit aorta showed that the intimal folds had a regular, linear pattern in areas of expected laminar flow. In areas of expected vortex formation, there was deviation of the fold pattern with the formation of rounded depressions or pits in the intimal surface. Platelet depositions were found in connection with some of the pits. In sections for light microscopy the pits corresponded to small areas of flattened folds of the innermost elastic membranes. The initial pits probably reflected imprints of vortices of the whirling blood.Keywords
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