METHOD FOR COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF PLATELET AGGREGATION

摘要

A method for comprehensively and quantitatively analyzing platelet aggregability, and stability and persistence of platelet aggregates, which method comprises the steps of: reacting a platelet-activating reagent with blood in a closed container; injecting a liquid which is not mixable with blood into the container using a pump connected to a first end of the container, thereby pushing the mixture of the platelet-activating reagent and the blood out from the container and allowing the mixture to pass through a filter in a filter device connected to a second end of the container; and measuring the pressure exerted on the pump.