title: Comparative analysis of chosen hemorheological methods in a group of stroke patients.
abstract: Blood viscosity is one of the most important factors determining the blood flow. In this report we describe changes in whole blood viscosity in a group of patients after stroke measured as a function of the shear rate (flow curve) and also blood visco-elastic properties measured using oscillatory methods (dynamical mechanical analysis). The principle of the latter method is based on the measurement of the amplitude and phase of the sample oscillations driven by controlled harmonic strain. All measurements were performed by means of a rotary-oscillatory rheometer Contraves LS-40.
authors.affiliation: Rheological Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poznań, Poland. margap@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcinkowska-Gapińska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kowal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D020521:Stroke / Q000097:blood*