title: Is hollow fibre occlusion due to maldistribution of blood?
abstract: Blood flow has been shown to be very slow in the central portion of a capillary bundle where intracapillary clotting mainly occurs. It is concluded that extremely uneven blood distribution is a causative factor in intracapillary clot formation in the HFAK examined.
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D006801:Humans; D007688:Kidneys, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation; D012212:Rheology