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Can Rheologic Variables be of Prognostic Relevance in Arteriosclerotic Diseases?

Hemorheology Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine, University of Munich, FRG

E. Ernst

Hemorheology Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MHH, Hannover

A. Matrai

M. Buhl

Hemorheology Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine, University of Munich, FRG

P. Schlosser

Hemorheology Research Laboratory, Department of Physical Medicine, University of Munich, FRG

H.F. Paulsen

Buchbergklinik, Bad Tölz, Germany

The hypothesis that blood rheology is of prognostic value in patients with arteriosclerotic diseases was tested in a prospective study of 843 patients at a rehabilitation clinic. They were tested for blood serum and plasma viscosity, hematocrit, fibrinogen, red cell aggregation and deformability, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, white cell count, cholesterol, and triglycerides. End points were defined as a second stroke or myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death within two years of the initial examination. Patients suffering such end points as compared with matched pairs (n = 74; matching criteria: identical manifesta tion of arteriosclerosis, identical sex and similar age and risk factors) had sig nificantly higher native blood viscosity (p = 0.002), red cell aggregation (p = 0.01), serum viscosity (p = 0.01), fibrinogen (p = 0.02), and cholesterol (p = 0.01). It is concluded that rheologic factors are associated with the prognosis in patients with arteriosclerotic diseases.

Angiology, Vol. 42, No. 12, 963-970 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979104201204


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