Peculiar flow patterns of RBCs suspended in viscous fluids and perfused through a narrow tube (25 μm)

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sakai, Hiromi ^a   Sato, Atsushi ^a,c   Okuda, Naoto ^a   Takeoka, Shinji ^a   Maeda, Nobuji ^b   Tsuchida, Eishun ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NOF Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial red cells; Erythrocytes; Hemorheology; Microcirculation; Viscometry

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL BLOOD; DEXTRAN; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEXTRANS; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 68049115751     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00352.2009     Document Type: Article

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