The Effects of Temperature on Clot Microstructure and Strength in Healthy Volunteers

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-26

  Lawrence, Matthew James ^a,b   Marsden, Nick ^a   Mothukuri, Rangaswamy ^a   Morris, Roger H K ^c   Davies, Gareth ^a,b   Hawkins, Karl ^a,b   Curtis, Daniel J ^b   Brown, Martin Rowan ^b   Williams, Phylip Rhodri ^a   Evans, Phillip Adrian ^a,b  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; TIME FACTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

FIBRIN; GEL;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FIBRIN; FRACTALS; GELS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84951567216     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000992     Document Type: Article

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