Studies with the Chandler Rotating Loop

Summary

Evidence has been presented that thrombin formation and coagulation are the major processes involved in the formation of the clot-thrombus when blood is rotated in the Chandler loop, and that platelet aggregation is secondary to thrombin formation. It is suggested that the test be called the flowing clotting time or the clot-thrombus formation time.

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