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[William Harvey reinterpreted in the light of species evolution (II) - Physiological and pathological consequences of
1Inserm U1148, Laboratoire de recherche vasculaire translationnelle, CHU Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
In the first part of this review [22], "How and why circulatory phylogenesis fits into the evolution of species", we explained that the acquisition of a high-pressure arterial sector, as originally described by William Harvey in 1619, was the consequence, during evolution, of the appearance of vasomotor tone, inducing systemic friction forces (peripheral resistances), which, regulated locally (by vasodilatation), allows to adapt metabolic needs to the demand of functionally active territories. In this second part, we will try to understand how this phylogenesis directly influences the physiology, then the pathologies of the circulatory system in humans which are largely predominant, but not exclusively.
In the first part of this review [22], "How and why circulatory phylogenesis fits into the evolution of species", we explained that the acquisition of a high-pressure arterial sector, as originally described by William Harvey in 1619, was the consequence, during evolution, of the appearance of vasomotor tone, inducing systemic friction forces (peripheral resistances), which, regulated locally (by vasodilatation), allows to adapt metabolic needs to the demand of functionally active territories. In this second part, we will try to understand how this phylogenesis directly influences the physiology, then the pathologies of the circulatory system in humans which are largely predominant, but not exclusively.
