Some marginal notes on erythrocyte aggregation 1

Abstract

Aggregation of red cells as a subparameter of flow properties of blood has not been so extensively investigated in the past as other parameters such as red cell deformability. This was in part due to the lack of suitable measuring devices. Today most authors agree that red cell aggregation plays a pathophysiological role in the microcirculation, especially at low shear rates. From the theoretical point of view, disaggregation of red cells should be a suitable therapeutic rationale.