%0 journal article %@ 1386-0291 %A Braune, S., Froehlich, G.M., Lendlein, A., Jung, F. %D 2016 %J Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation %N 4 %P 681-688 %R doi:10.3233/CH-152028 %T Effect of temperature on platelet adherence %U https://doi.org/10.3233/CH-152028 4 %X Differences in the density of adherent platelets after incubation at 22°C and 37°C occurred on PDMS and PET. Similar levels of adherent platelets were observed on the very thrombogenic PTFE. The covered surface areas per single platelet were analyzed to measure the state of platelet activation and revealed no differences between the two incubation temperatures for any of the analyzed polymers. Irrespective of the observed differences between the low and medium thrombogenic PDMS and PET and the higher variability at 22°C, the thrombogenicity of the three investigated polymers was evaluated being comparable at both incubation temperatures.