Platelet aggregate formation in a region of separated blood flow

Autor:	William A. Morton, Harry E. Petschek, E. Marc Parmentier
Rok vydání:	1977
Předmět:	Physics Aggregate (composite) Flow (psychology) General Engineering Biophysics Platelet Growth rate Blood flow
Zdroj:	Physics of Fluids. 20:2012
ISSN:	0031-9171
DOI:	10.1063/1.861833
Popis:	Microscopic observations of the flow of fresh canine blood in a separated region formed by a step in a polyurethane surface have been made. These observations show the formation of large clumps of freely floating aggregates of platelets. These clumps can easily leave the region and may be representative of disorders occurring in the distal circulation when artificial devices are used in the bloodstream. Measurements of the growth rate of these aggregates are compared with a theoretical analysis of the rate of platelet collisions. Some criteria defining conditions under which such free floating aggregates occur are also suggested.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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