Platelet aggregability in patients with common carotid artery ligation.
Increased platelet aggregability is regarded as being a sensitive indicator of the initiation of thrombotic processes. Platelet aggregation was analysed in blood taken from the common carotid artery before and 30 min after its ligation in 3 patients, as well as in the venous blood of 14 patients in the late postoperative period. No tendency towards increasing platelet aggregation was observed in either of the groups investigated.
Mariak
Z
Z
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Białystok, Poland.
Kłoczko
J
J
Lewko
J
J
Wojtukiewicz
M
M
Bielawiec
M
M
Lebkowski
J
J
D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous