Erythrocyte and microcirculatory functions during artificial circulation
Boiarinov, G.A.; Smirnov, V.P.; Snopova, L.B.; Tarasova, A.I.; Filippova, T.A.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 103(3): 281-283
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 3828501 Document Number: 289855
Erythrocyte morphology, their aggregation ability and microcirculatory pattern in the mesentery of the small intestine have been studied stepwise on 12 dogs under artificial blood circulation. It has been shown that erythrocyte lesions followed by pathological aggregation play an important role in the pathogenesis of microcirculatory failure. Prolonged artificial circulation provokes structural reorganization in erythrocytes, thus affecting both blood rheology and gas exchange.