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Blood Coagulation/drug effects , Blood Viscosity/drug effects , Ferricyanides/administration & dosage , Myocardial Infarction/drug therapy , Nitroprusside/administration & dosage , Platelet Aggregation/drug effects , Adult , Aged , Blood Coagulation/physiology , Blood Viscosity/physiology , Female , Humans , Infusions, Intravenous , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Infarction/blood , Platelet Aggregation/physiologyABSTRACT
Platelet aggregability, coagulant and rheologic properties of arterial and venous blood were studied in 138 patients with acute extensive myocardial infarction. Heterogeneous changes were revealed in the aforementioned parameters during this condition. There was a lower arteriovenous ratio between hemostatic potential parameters.
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Blood Coagulation/physiology , Blood Viscosity , Myocardial Infarction/blood , Platelet Aggregation/physiology , Adult , Aged , Arteries , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , VeinsABSTRACT
Rheologic characteristics of arterial and venous blood have been examined by Rotovisco RV-100 (Haake, FRG), a present-day rotation viscosimeter. Sixty-three acute myocardial infarction cases with intravenous infusion of sodium nitroprusside are analyzed. The detected time course of the reduction of arterial and venous blood viscosity during sodium nitroprusside infusion helps specify the pattern of this drug action in patients during the acute period of myocardial infarction.