An investigation on platelet transport during thrombus formation at micro-scale stenosis.

This paper reports on an investigation of mass transport of blood cells at micro-scale stenosis where local strain-rate micro-gradients trigger platelet aggregation. Using a microfluidic flow focusing platform we investigate the blood flow streams that principally contribute to platelet aggregation...

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Main Authors: Francisco Javier Tovar-Lopez, Gary Rosengarten, Mahyar Nasabi, Vijay Sivan, Khashayar Khoshmanesh, Shaun P Jackson, Arnan Mitchell, Warwick S Nesbitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3806794?pdf=render