| Descriptor English: | Vascular Capacitance | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Capacitancia Vascular
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Capacitância Vascular | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Capacitance vasculaire | ||||
| Entry term(s): |
Capacitance, Vascular |
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| Tree number(s): |
G09.330.380.906 |
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| 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. |
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| Annotation: | do not confuse with VASCULAR RESISTANCE, opposition to blood flow in a vasc bed |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects ES ethics GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Vascular Resistance (1967-1995) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 96 |
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| History Note: | 96 |
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| Related: |
Vascular Resistance
MeSH | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 32583 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D018924 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1996/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1995/02/22 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2008/07/08 |
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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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