In Vitro Blood Damage by High Shear Flow: Human versus Porcine Blood
- 1 April 2002
- news
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The International Journal of Artificial Organs
- Vol. 25 (4), 306-312
- https://doi.org/10.1177/039139880202500409
Abstract
Devices for modern heart support are minimized to reduce priming blood volume and contact area with foreign surfaces. Their flow fields are partly governed by very high velocity gradients. In order to investigate blood damage, porcine and human blood was passed through a narrow Couette type shear gap applying defined high shear rates within the typical range for devices such as blood pumps or artificial heart valves (γ = 1800/s to 110,000/s for 400 ms). Traumatization profiles of both blood species were recorded in terms of hemolysis and platelet count. Sublethal damage in terms of platelet (PF4) and complement activation (C5a) was additionally measured for human blood. Results for porcine and human blood were very similar. Hemolysis was not started until critical shear rates of about 80,000/s. Impact on platelets was severe with drops in cell count of up to 65% (at γ = 55,000/s to 110,000/s) likely to set stronger limits to the design layout of devices than hemolysis. Concentrations of PF4 and C5a clearly increased with shear rate exhibiting stronger gradients where hemolysis started. Due to the similar results of porcine and human blood for hemolysis and platelet drop, porcine blood seems to be suitable for device testing. Selection of blood species would thus depend on handling, availability and analysis demands.Keywords
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