Hemorheological findings in patients with completed stroke and the influence of a Ginkgo biloba extract

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Anadere, I.^a | Chmiel, H.^a | Witte, S.^b

Affiliations: [a] Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik, Nobelstraße 12, 7000 Stuttgart 80, FRG | [b] Diakonissen-Krankenhaus, Diakonissenstraße 28, 7500 Karlsruhe-Rüppurr, FRG

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor H. Hartet. Accepted by Executive Editorial Office 18.7.1985.

Abstract: The hemorheological parameters: whole blood viscoelasticity, plasma viscosity and hematocrit were measured in 60 patients with completed stroke. These values are significantly higher than those of 90 healthy subjects. 16 patients with completed stroke with different treatments were investigated in a controlled study. The group with daily infusion of Ginkgo biloba extract added to low molecular weight dextran solution showed a significant decrease in the viscoelastic parameters of blood after 5 and 10 days after the beginning of treatment, whereas in the control group, treated with low molecular dextran only, no significant changes in blood viscoelasticity could be observed.

Keywords: completed stroke, blood viscoelasticity, plasma viscosity, hematocrit, Ginkgo biloba

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1985-5504

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 411-420, 1985