Effects of erythrocyte deformability and aggregation on the cell free layer and apparent viscosity of microscopic blood flows

Microvascular Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-272

  Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Johnson, Paul C ^b   Popel, Aleksander S ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flows; Cell free layer; Hemodynamics; Hemorheology; Immersed boundary method; Lattice Boltzmann method; Microcirculation; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MIGRATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RHEOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 64049087988     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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