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ArticleCommunications materials2020

The role of valve stiffness in the insurgence of deep vein thrombosis.

Zoe Schofield, Hosam Alden Baksamawi, Joana Campos, Alessio Alexiadis, Gerard B Nash, Alexander Brill, Daniele Vigolo

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Article in Communications materials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zoe SchofieldSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Hosam Alden BaksamawiSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Joana CamposInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Alessio AlexiadisSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Gerard B NashInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.
Alexander BrillInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4558-0390
Daniele VigoloSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8265-9882
University of Birmingham · GBSechenov University · RU

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/19/30/34173National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/S001360/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep vein thrombosis is a life-threatening development of blood clots in deep veins. Immobility and blood flow stagnancy are typical risk factors indicating that fluid dynamics play an important role in the initiation of venous clots. However, the roles of physical parameters of the valves and flow conditions in deep vein thrombosis initiation have not been fully understood. Here, we describe a microfluidics in vitro method that enabled us to explore the role of valve elasticity using in situ fabrication and characterisation. In our experimental model the stiffness of each valve leaflet can be controlled independently, and various flow conditions were tested. The resulting complex flow patterns were detected using ghost particle velocimetry and linked to localised thrombus formation using whole blood and an aqueous suspension of polystyrene particles. In particular, valves with leaflets of similar stiffness had clot formation on the valve tips whereas valves with leaflets of different stiffness had clot formation in the valve pocket.

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Bioinspired materialsBiomedical engineeringFluid dynamicsThrombosis

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PMID32999999
PMCPMC7497694
OpenAlexW3090871856

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