Viscoelasticity and thixotropy of human blood

Issue title: Perspectives in Biorheology. Festschrift for A.L. Copley

Guest editors: Alexander Silberberg

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stoltz, J.F.^a | Lucius, M.^b

Affiliations: [a] Groupe d’Hémorhéologie, Centre de Transfusion Sanguine, Brabois, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France | [b] Laboratoire d’Energétique et de Médanique Théorique et Appliquée ENSEM-INPL, Porte de la Craffe, BP 3308, 54014, Nancy Cedex, France

Note: [] Invited by: Editor A. Silberberg

Abstract: From an analysis of the researches works published on blood viscoelasticity and thixotropy, the authors suggest applying the models used for polymer solutions, in order to account for the phenomena observed with blood (transient and periodic flow). The authors also examine the main techniques and devices for approaching blood viscoelastic and thixotropie properties and cell aggregation (rouleaux). The clinical and pharmacological applications which have been carried out are also summarized.

Keywords: hemorheology, viscoelasticity, thixotropy, aggregation of erythrocytes, rheological models, clinical measurements

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1981-183-611

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 18, no. 3-6, pp. 453-473, 1981