Rheometrical and computational studies of blood viscoelasticity during coagulation

Issue title: Selected Proceedings of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology (E.S.C.H.), 26–29 June, 2005, Siena, Italy

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Williams, P.R.^; | Hawkins, K. | Wright, C. | Evans, A. | Simpkin, H. | Barrow, M.S. | Williams, R.L.

Affiliations: School of Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK | Medical School, University of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK

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Abstract: The rheological behaviour of coagulating human blood has been measured using multiple strain wave frequencies. The results indicate that coagulating blood, prior to the point of incipient clot formation, can be modelled by a modified form of the Gross–Marvin ‘ladder’ model, and the benefits of such modeling for blood coagulation are discussed.

Keywords: Rheology, blood coagulation, discrete relaxation spectra

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 35, no. 1-2, pp. 123-127, 2006