Some marginal notes on erythrocyte aggregation¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ehrly, A.M.

Affiliations: Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, J.W. Goethe-University, Medical School, 6000 Frankfurt 70, West Germany

Note: [1] This communication, meant for inclusion in the Special Issue on Red Cell Aggregation (9, Nr., 1989), was received too late to be published in the issue. Executive Editorial Office

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor J.-F. Stoltz

Abstract: Aggregation of red cells as a subparameter of flow properties of blood has not been so extensively investigated in the past as other parameters such as red cell deformability. This was in part due to the lack of suitable measuring devices. Today most authors agree that red cell aggregation plays a pathophysiological role in the microcirculation, especially at low shear rates. From the theoretical point of view, disaggregation of red cells should be a suitable therapeutic rationale.

Keywords: Erythrocyte aggregation, erythrocyte disaggregation, pathophysiology, drug therapy

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1990-10502

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 473-476, 1990