Follow up studies of the haemorheologic profile in acute ischaemic stroke

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lechner, H. | Ott, E. | Ossama, N. | Fazekas, F.

Affiliations: Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor A.L. Copley

Abstract: Haemorheological parameters of 74 patients suffering from acute brain ischaemia were investigated not later than three hours after the acute event. In the acute phase whole blood viscosity and its constituants as well as platelet aggregability were found most severely disturbed and the statistical difference to controls was highly significant. Correlations between haemorheological changes and the duration of clinical symptomatology have been established and haemorheological parameters were found continuously changing throughout 4 weeks in part provoked by haemorheologic treatment.

Keywords: Stroke, haemorheology, platelet aggregation, hyper-fibrinogenaemia, red cell filterability

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1986-6102

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 3-9, 1986