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Blood Flow

Blood flow is the movement of blood through the circulatory system, driven by the pressure gradient generated by cardiac contraction and governed by vascular resistance, vessel caliber, and the rheological properties of blood. By the principles relating flow to perfusion pressure and resistance, regional flow is con…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 124× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2372-6601 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Blood flow is the movement of blood through the circulatory system, driven by the pressure gradient generated by cardiac contraction and governed by vascular resistance, vessel caliber, and the rheological properties of blood. By the principles relating flow to perfusion pressure and resistance, regional flow is continuously adjusted to match tissue metabolic demand, a regulation achieved through neural, myogenic, and metabolic mechanisms acting on vascular smooth muscle. Adequate flow ensures delivery of oxygen and nutrients and removal of metabolic waste, and its impairment underlies ischemic injury across organ systems. In the brain, cerebral blood flow is tightly controlled by neurovascular coupling, in which neuronal and astrocytic signaling matches local perfusion to activity, and by cerebrovascular reactivity, the capacity of vessels to dilate or constrict in response to stimuli such as carbon dioxide; disturbances are studied in headache, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and vascular malformations, and are amenable to endovascular interventions such as embolization. Hemodynamic modeling, including analysis of particle deposition and flow patterns in coronary and other vessels, further informs understanding of atherosclerosis and thrombosis. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on vascular and cerebrovascular hemodynamics, neurovascular regulation, perfusion-related pathology, and the modeling and intervention of disturbed blood flow.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

The Evolution of Fetal Surgery

Knezevich MichelleCorresponding author
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Exact topic Fetal Surgery doi:10.14302/issn.2997-2086.jfs-17-1663

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 124 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hematology and Oncology Research (ISSN 2372-6601).

Journal editorial board
Jayadev Manikkam Umakanthan · United States Shuaiying Cui · United States Benedetto Sacchetti · Italy

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