[Study on blood rheology measured by MC-FAN].
We investigated the effects of various factors on blood rheology, which was evaluated by the passage time of heparinized whole blood using MC-FAN (Micro Channel array Flow ANalyzer). The time for 100 microliters of whole blood to pass through a microchannel array (Bloody 6-7) was determined. Each passage time was corrected by the saline passage time determined just before the measurement of sample blood. Our results suggest that blood rheology measured by MC-FAN is related to aging, body weight, body mass index and serum lipid parameters (total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride). These results suggest that MC-FAN is useful to analyze blood rheology in pathophysiological conditions.
D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D018056:Hemorheology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male
D008055:Lipids