title: Characteristics of blood rheology in patients during Novacor left ventricular assist system support.
abstract: Blood rheologic properties were studied in 11 patients on Novacor LVAS support (1-126 days) as a bridge to transplantation. Overall, these patients showed slight increases in mean blood viscosity and red cell rigidity. Their mean plasma fibrinogen was in the upper normal range. However, the degree of rheologic change observed, and the individual factors affected most, were unique to each patient and hemorheologic results correlated well with the patient's clinical status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Butter
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kormos
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Borovetz
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Yie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002423:Cause of Death; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012212:Rheology