Flow of red blood cells in capillary networks

Couto, Ana Rita; Teixeira, Lúcia; Leble, Vladimir; Lima, Rui A.; Ribeiro, António E.; Dias, Ricardo P.

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In the present work we have studied the flow of red blood cells through a column packed with soda lime glass spheres with diameter of 337.5 micron (pore diameter 150 micron). The ratio between the average velocity of the RBCs and the average velocity of the carrying fluid (physiological saline) was close to 0.9. The RBCs migrated faster through the column than the carrying fluid mainly due to a hydrodynamic chromatographic effect.

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Capillary networks

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10373

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Couto, Ana; Teixeira, Lúcia; Leble, Vladimir; Lima, R.; Ribeiro, A. E.; Dias, Ricardo (2011). Flow of red blood cells in capillary networks. In Japan-Portugal Nano-BME Symposium 2011