COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OF BLOOD AT STAGES OF TREATMENT OF CARDIOSURGERY PATIENTS

Yu. A. Morozov and E. V. Roitman

UDC 616.155.194:616.155.164.18:612.15

It is shown that a heat operation under the conditions 
of artificial circulation exerts a marked influence on the rheological 
properties of blood and has a characteristic hemorheological picture 
during and after the operation. In this case, the value of the flow 
limit 0 is a hemorheological criterion reflecting 
the adequacy of the surgical correction of a cardiovascular pathology 
and the efficiency of the intensive therapy measures, which should 
be taken into account when such patients are treated.

Russian Scientific Center of Surgery, Russian Academy 
of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 185-187, May-June, 2003. Original 
article submitted September 6, 2002.