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  • Title: Mechanisms of red blood cell trauma in assisted circulation. Rheologic similarities of red blood cell transformations due to natural aging and mechanical stress.
    Author: Kameneva MV, Antaki JF, Borovetz HS, Griffith BP, Butler KC, Yeleswarapu KK, Watach MJ, Kormos RL.
    Journal: ASAIO J; 1995; 41(3):M457-60. PubMed ID: 8573845.
    Abstract:
    Clinical experience with circulatory support devices has typically shown alteration of patient blood rheology exhibited through increasing blood viscosity and decreasing erythrocyte deformability. Our hemorheologic studies have additionally shown a remarkable increase in red blood cell (RBC) aggregation in the blood of artificial heart patients as compared to healthy donors. These hemorheologic changes may be caused by mechanical trauma to RBCs. The authors hypothesize that the mechanical trauma process, from a rheologic point of view, could be analogous to an "accelerated" RBC aging process. The hypothesis was examined through in vivo and in vitro experiments on RBCs, age-separated on the basis of density, specifically to identify the rheologic similarities between aged and mechanically traumatized RBCs. Older RBCs demonstrated an increased mechanical fragility, a decreased deformability, and a increased ability to aggregate as compared to younger RBCs. RBCs exposed to mechanical stress demonstrated similar alterations in the same rheologic parameters. Our experiments have also shown that mechanical stress decreases the negative surface charge of RBCs as is known to occur in aged RBCs. Similarities found between the processes of RBC mechanical trauma and senescence enhance our understanding of mechanisms of subhemolytic trauma incurred in assisted circulation. This may improve the design and evaluation of future heart assist devices through minimizing shear induced blood trauma.
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