Why the study?
Uncertainties exist in hemodynamic theory regarding the work needed to displace blood, leading investigators to evaluate the influence of an electromagnetic field on blood coagulation.
Does an oscillated electromagnetic field alter blood coagulation in venous blood samples from healthy individuals?
Does an oscillated electromagnetic field alter blood coagulation in venous blood samples from healthy individuals?
In vitro application of an oscillating electromagnetic field (500-5000 Hz) to venous blood samples from healthy individuals induced significant hypocoagulation and thrombolysis.
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Animal findings leave open any human coagulation effects; hypothesis-generating for electromagnetic hemostasis research.
There is a lot of uncertainty in the theory of hemodynamics. The amount of work need to displace the blood in the systemic circulation, exceeds the work done by the left ventricle. With this, blood recovers increased flow resistance between the heartbeats with the Womersley number alterations in the rhythm of the accompanying electrocardiogram (ECG). Viscoelastic transformation is heavily expressed in coagulation. There must be a relationship between the ECG and blood transient flow resistance. The influence of the electromagnetic field on blood coagulation was studied. Venous blood was affected by the oscillated electromagnetic field (500 - 5000 Hz), with the square wave input signal in 25 healthy individuals (15 males, 10 females in the age 18 - 57 years). Electromagnetic irradiation (EMI) time of the sample 3 - 10 min. Hypocoagulation in normal blood samples was revealed (decreased quantity of Platelets up to 10 - 23 × 109/L, Prothrombin index up to 9% - 10%, Fibrinogen concentration up to 0.20 - 0.21 g/L) and thrombolysis after the blood stasis. Ac electric field from the myocardial depolarization initiates electroacoustic phenomena. An emerging repulsing electromagnetic force acts on the red blood cells (RBC) and in addition to the pulse pressure from the heart, promotes blood motion and viscoelastic changes. The alterations of the blood inertial and elasticity, in addition to hemodynamics, are facilitated by the magnetic features of the hemoglobin. The external electromagnetic signal can manage the blood coagulation process, including thrombolysis.
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