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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Mol Bioeng. 2016 Oct 20;10(1):16–29. doi: 10.1007/s12195-016-0470-7

Figure 5. Prediction of the effect of the flow recirculation on platelet aggregation and fibrin formation.

Figure 5

Computer simulation of the streamlines of the bulk blood flow through the network ladder predicts a flow distortions at the intersection of the first bypass (bp 1; resulting in a zone of recirculation), at the stoppered channel (black bar), and at channel 2 (A). Simulation of blood cell transport during thrombus formation: < 50% of bypass obstruction, left, and > 50% bypass obstruction, right (B); shear rate profile (C) and thrombin convection profile mol/m3 (D) within these regions.