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Haematocrit, plasma viscosity and the erythrocyte aggregation tendency are the main factors which determine blood viscosity. The plasma viscosity depends on the plasma-protein concentration and hence on the fibrinogen concentration. The erythrocyte aggregation tendency, i. e. the extent of erythrocyte aggregate formation at low shear rates, also depends on the fibrinogen concentration in human plasma (dynamic aggregation (1)), (2-8). Fibrinogen-dependent aggregation of the erythrocytes at low shear rates causes an increase in the blood viscosity, known as structural viscosity.
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Ehrly, A.M., Lange, B. (1971). Reduction in Blood Viscosity and Disaggregation of Erythrocyte Aggregate by Streptokinase. In: Hartert, H.H., Copley, A.L. (eds) Theoretical and Clinical Hemorheology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65156-4_46
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