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Descriptor English: Vascular Capacitance
Descriptor Spanish: Capacitancia Vascular
Descriptor capacitancia vascular
Scope note: Medida de la capacidad de un VASO SANGUÍNEO para aumentar el volumen de SANGRE que contiene sin un gran aumento en la PRESIÓN SANGUÍNEA. La capacitancia vascular es igual a un cambio en volumen dividido por el cambio en la presión.
Descriptor Portuguese: Capacitância Vascular
Descriptor French: Capacitance vasculaire
Entry term(s): Capacitance, Vascular
Tree number(s): G09.330.380.906
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018924
Scope note: The measure of a BLOOD VESSEL's ability to increase the volume of BLOOD it holds without a large increase in BLOOD PRESSURE. The vascular capacitance is equal to the change in volume divided by the change in pressure.
Annotation: do not confuse with VASCULAR RESISTANCE, opposition to blood flow in a vasc bed
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Vascular Resistance (1967-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Related: Vascular Resistance MeSH
DeCS ID: 32583
Unique ID: D018924
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/02/22
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Vascular Capacitance - Preferred
Concept UI M0028293
Scope note The measure of a BLOOD VESSEL's ability to increase the volume of BLOOD it holds without a large increase in BLOOD PRESSURE. The vascular capacitance is equal to the change in volume divided by the change in pressure.
Preferred term Vascular Capacitance
Entry term(s) Capacitance, Vascular



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