Comparative analysis of chosen hemorheological methods in a group of stroke patients

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Anna | Kowal, Piotr

Affiliations: Rheological Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poznań, Poland

Note: [] Corresponding author: Anna Marcinkowska-Gapińska, Rheological Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355 Poznań, Poland. Tel.: +48 61 8691580; E-mail: margap@poczta.onet.pl.

Abstract: Blood viscosity is one of the most important factors determining the blood flow. In this report we describe changes in whole blood viscosity in a group of patients after stroke measured as a function of the shear rate (flow curve) and also blood visco-elastic properties measured using oscillatory methods (dynamical mechanical analysis). The principle of the latter method is based on the measurement of the amplitude and phase of the sample oscillations driven by controlled harmonic strain. All measurements were performed by means of a rotary-oscillatory rheometer Contraves LS-40.

Keywords: Hemorheology, rheological models, blood viscosity

DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1151

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 27-33, 2009