Rheological Properties of Erythrocytes in Patients with a New Coronavirus Infection

The paper focuses on studying the rheological properties of erythrocytes in patients with a new coronavirus infection in the acute period and during early convalescence. A significant decrease in erythrocyte membrane plasticity was found in all patients in the acute period of the disease and every second recovering patients in the early post-COVID period. An increase in the degree and rate of erythrocyte aggregation in a quarter of cases, regardless of the observation period, was accompanied by inhibition of erythrocyte disaggregation mechanisms, which can serve as a pathophysiological basis for the formation of hemorheological disorders both in the micro- and macrovasculature in the first 3 months after recovery.