title: Blood rheology in patients with native heart valve disease and after valve replacement.
abstract: Patients with heart valve disease have rheologic abnormalities that are more pronounced in double valve disease than in mitral or aortic valve disease; after valve replacement surgery, the degree of rheologic abnormality is more pronounced in patients with mechanical and biological prostheses than in those with homografts and pulmonary autografts. Rheologic abnormalities seen in these patients might be related to the different incidences of thromboembolism in the presence of various valve defects and various types of prostheses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Angiology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koppensteiner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moritz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moidl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banyai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haumer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wolner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ehringer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004452:Echocardiography; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006400:Hematocrit; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen