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Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows
As rheological properties are substantially influenced by red blood cells (RBCs) and plasma, the separation of their individual contributions in blood is essential. The estimation of multiple rheological factors is a critical issue for effective early detection of diseases. In this study, three rheo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36838017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14020317 |
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description | As rheological properties are substantially influenced by red blood cells (RBCs) and plasma, the separation of their individual contributions in blood is essential. The estimation of multiple rheological factors is a critical issue for effective early detection of diseases. In this study, three rheological properties (i.e., viscoelasticity, RBC aggregation, and blood junction pressure) are measured by analyzing the blood velocity and image intensity in a microfluidic device. Using a single syringe pump, the blood flow rate sets to a pulsatile flow pattern (Q(b)[t] = 1 + 0.5 sin(2πt/240) mL/h). Based on the discrete fluidic circuit model, the analytical formula of the time constant (λ(b)) as viscoelasticity is derived and obtained at specific time intervals by analyzing the pulsatile blood velocity. To obtain RBC aggregation by reducing blood velocity substantially, an air compliance unit (ACU) is used to connect polyethylene tubing (i.d. = 250 µm, length = 150 mm) to the blood channel in parallel. The RBC aggregation index (AI) is obtained by analyzing the microscopic image intensity. The blood junction pressure (β) is obtained by integrating the blood velocity within the ACU. As a demonstration, the present method is then applied to detect either RBC-aggregated blood with different concentrations of dextran solution or hardened blood with thermally shocked RBCs. Thus, it can be concluded that the present method has the ability to consistently detect differences in diluent or RBCs in terms of three rheological properties. |
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spelling | pubmed-99585832023-02-26 Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows Kang, Yang Jun Micromachines (Basel) Article As rheological properties are substantially influenced by red blood cells (RBCs) and plasma, the separation of their individual contributions in blood is essential. The estimation of multiple rheological factors is a critical issue for effective early detection of diseases. In this study, three rheological properties (i.e., viscoelasticity, RBC aggregation, and blood junction pressure) are measured by analyzing the blood velocity and image intensity in a microfluidic device. Using a single syringe pump, the blood flow rate sets to a pulsatile flow pattern (Q(b)[t] = 1 + 0.5 sin(2πt/240) mL/h). Based on the discrete fluidic circuit model, the analytical formula of the time constant (λ(b)) as viscoelasticity is derived and obtained at specific time intervals by analyzing the pulsatile blood velocity. To obtain RBC aggregation by reducing blood velocity substantially, an air compliance unit (ACU) is used to connect polyethylene tubing (i.d. = 250 µm, length = 150 mm) to the blood channel in parallel. The RBC aggregation index (AI) is obtained by analyzing the microscopic image intensity. The blood junction pressure (β) is obtained by integrating the blood velocity within the ACU. As a demonstration, the present method is then applied to detect either RBC-aggregated blood with different concentrations of dextran solution or hardened blood with thermally shocked RBCs. Thus, it can be concluded that the present method has the ability to consistently detect differences in diluent or RBCs in terms of three rheological properties. MDPI 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9958583/ /pubmed/36838017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14020317 Text en © 2023 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kang, Yang Jun Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows |
title | Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows |
title_full | Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows |
title_fullStr | Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows |
title_full_unstemmed | Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows |
title_short | Biomechanical Assessment of Red Blood Cells in Pulsatile Blood Flows |
title_sort | biomechanical assessment of red blood cells in pulsatile blood flows |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36838017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14020317 |
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