TRANSFER PROCESSES IN RHEOLOGICAL MEDIA

RHEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE BLOOD AND PLASMA OF PATIENTS 
WITH MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA AND DIABETES MELLITUS
AND DYSFUNCTION OF THEIR ENDOTHELIUM 

Z. P. Shul'man,a V. A. Mansurov,a  
N. P. Mit'kovskaya,b G. Kh. Tagkhizadekh,b  
T. V. Kaminskaya,c and M. G. Kolyadkod 

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The rheological properties of the whole blood and plasma 
of patients with myocardial ischemia and diabetes mellitus and of 
donors have been investigated using a Couette rotational viscosimeter 
at a temperature of 25oC in the range of rates of shear 
of 0.5-60 sec-1. The rheological analysis was performed 
with the use of the Quemada relation. The functional state of the 
endothelium and some biochemical indices of the blood of these pa-
tients were investigated. It is shown that in patients with myocar-
dial ischemia and diabetes mellitus, accompanied by dyslipemia and 
endocrine disturbances, rheological derangements and endothelial 
dysfunction develop.

aA. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, 
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., 
Minsk, 220072, Belarus; email: v-man@hmti.ac.by; 
bBelarusian State Medical University, 83 Dzerzhinskii 
Ave., Minsk, 220116, Belarus; cMinsk Diagnostic Center, 
Minsk, Belarus; d"Cardiology" Republican Scientific-
Practical Center, Minsk, Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno- 
Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 96-101, January-February, 
2006. Original article submitted July 19, 2004; revision submitted 
April 13, 2005.