We have previously examined spatio-temporal dynamics of clot formation in vitro [Ataullakhanov et al., 2002]. Here we describe a mathematical model developed to analyze the obtained experimental results. This model is based on a modern view of the molecular pathways of blood coagulation. Most of the results, which led to this view, were obtained in the in vitro stirred systems and provided the ...

• Recent studies from this laboratory have shown that the clotting time of blood' and the morphology of blood clots' can be altered markedly by flow of blood during the period of clotting. The rheology of clots has been studied by Hartert, de Nicola, and Marchal et al. by means of thrombelastography, while Scott Blair and Copley and Scott Blair employed a gelometer. However, no observations hav...

Background: The ABO Blood group system has been evaluated many a times for increased risk of vascular accidents and heart diseases. This study aims to prove that the reason behind the decreased risk of thrombosis in O blood group population could be the decreased levels of clotting factors in its plasma compared to other blood groups. Objective: To assess the levels of clotting factors VII, VII...

Much recent research on blood clotting has dealt with prothrombin and factors which influence its activation. In the development of such investigations experimental procedures have become increasingly complex and artificial. They usually involve the use of anticoagulants, often multistage fractionation by precipitation, adsorption or filtration, and, almost invariably, the addition of tissue ex...

Many biological phenomena are characterized by extensive fluid mechanical and chemical reactionary systems. As such, it is necessary to understand the manner in which these processes develop and the role that they play in a given system. Vascular blood flow is characterized by convective, diffusive, and reactive processes. Specifically, blood clot formation involves platelet convection within t...