Title: Erythrocyte Destruction under Periodically Fluctuating Shear Rate: Comparative Study with Constant Shear Rate
Abstract: The hydrodynamic effect of periodically fluctuating shear rate on erythrocyte destruction was quantitatively studied in vitro in comparison with constant shear rates. Uniform shear rates (less than 1,000 s-1; constant or sinusoidally fluctuating with time) were applied to heparinized canine blood contained in the concavo-convex type of Couette flow testing machine for (1.8-9.0) x 10(3) s at 24 degrees C. The results show that the erythrocyte destruction (evaluated with hemolysis ratio; plasma hemoglobin count per whole blood hemoglobin count) decreases when the exposure time of larger (greater than 500 s-1) shear rates is interspersed with smaller (less than 300 s-1) shear rates.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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