Dynamics of Blood Flow and Thrombus Formation in a Multi-Bypass Microfluidic Ladder Network

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 16-29

  Zilberman Rudenko, Jevgenia ^a   Sylman, Joanna L ^a   Lakshmanan, Hari H S ^b   McCarty, Owen J T ^a   Maddala, Jeevan ^a,b  

^a Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Microfluidic network; Multi bypass ladder; Platelets; Shear; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; PROTHROMBIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; THROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; PREDICTION; SHEAR RATE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84991830720     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-016-0470-7     Document Type: Article

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