title: Rheological and clotting changes in the immediate post-myocardial infarction period.
abstract: Several coagulative, fibrinolytic, and rheologic indices were studied in a large group of patients with acute myocardial infarction. The results were compared with those obtained in a normal control group. Changes of blood and plasma viscosity, fibrinogen, and fibrinolytic activity, compatible with a hypercoagulable state, were found in the immediate post-infarction period. However, elevated AT III levels as compared to control group were observed. This could be interpreted as a reactive response to the hypercoagulable state. Significant correlations could be observed between blood viscosity and Ht, plasma viscosity and fibrinogen, fibrinogen and fibrinolytic levels and between fibrinogen and ESR.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000990:Antithrombin III / Q000032:analysis; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D010958:Plasminogen / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000990:Antithrombin III; D005340:Fibrinogen; D010958:Plasminogen