MICROSCOPIC CONSIDERATIONS - MOTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES
MICROSCOPIC CONSIDERATIONS - MOTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1977.tb41770.x
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
KARINO, T
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文献类型:
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作者:
GOLDSMITH, HL;KARINO, T
This paper is concerned with the events occurring at the blood-vessel wall interface and how they are affected by the flow patterns and fluid mechanical stresses existing in the circulation and in artificial organs. It seeks to understand the phenomena at the level of the individual corpuscle and surrounding plasma because it is at the microscopic level that the processes of thrombosis and hemostasis begin. However, the cellular and fluid motions within the blood are rather complex, since there are millions of red cells suspended in every p1 of plasma, and these continually interact with each other during flow. Thus, any attempt to give a quantitative description of the mechanics of the flow becomes very difficult. Nevertheless, it has proved possible, by observing particle and suspcnding fluid motion through a microscope in the interior of red cell suspensions, to obtain an understanding of the overall flow behavior of the system. This microrheological approach to the problem of suspension flow has been described previously, both in model systems I-: $ and in suspensions of red cells. 3--" In the present context interest centers on the interactions between the erythrocytes, which constitute 99% by volume of the cellular phase in whole blood, and how these affect the paths of the far less numerous platelets, especially those close to the vessel wall. In addition, the paper will deal with blood cell behavior in a region of separated flow where a vortex exists. There is considerable evidence that bifurcations, T-branches, bends, and changes in vessel diameter in the arterial circulation, where flow separation can occur, are associated with the formation of early atheroma and that subsequent interactions of blood cells with the altered vessel wall can result in the adhesion of platelets and platelet aggregates.The work represents a series of in vifro studies in which human red cell and platelet suspensions were subjected to steady or pulsatile flow in rigid glass tubes of diameters from 60 to 1000 prn.'-G The technique involves observing and photographing individual cells and other small model particles through a highpower microscope and tracking them in the flow by mechanically or hydraulically moving a stage on which the flow tube and infusion syringe are mounted.: 3-5 The principle of the method is illustrated in FIGURE 1. In the case of red cells, these in vitro studies have demonstrated the rotation, deformation, and inward radial migration of the corpuscles, phenomena that are essentially similar to those observed in high-speed cine microphotometric studies of living