Some observation on hemorrheological abnormalities in patients with bilharzial corpulmonale

Some hemorrheological parameters were studied in 20 patients with bilharzial corpulmonale and compared to their values in 20 patients with bilharzial hepatic fibrosis and 10 normal control individuals of matched age and sex in order to evaluate the role of these factors in the etiopathogenesis of schistosomal corpulmonale. The study revealed significant alterations in the studied hemorrheologic parameters in patients with schistosomal corpulmonary that correlate with the severity of pulmonary hypertension. The changes in liver size, presence of ascites or splenectomy did not disturb much this relationship. However, these changes should be considered as one of the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of this syndrome