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Tube viscometry of dense red cells suspensions in plasma at very low flow rates

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Jacobs, Henry R.

Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Northwestern University and the Division of Medicine, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

Abstract: Eighty-seven per cent fresh red cells suspended in fresh homologous (heparinized) plasma exhibited decreasing viscosity with continued shear at flow rates of 0.02–0.2 tube diameters per second in a horizontal glass capillary 0.55 mm wide. There was some correlation with cigarette smoking. There also appeared to be a tentative connection between flow properties and early cancer.

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1971-8204

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 85-89, 1971

Received 20 January 1970
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Revision received 19 March 1971
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Published: 1 August 1971
Price: EUR 27.50
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