Analysis of the Blood Viscosity Behavior in the Sicilian Study on Juvenile Myocardial Infarction
- Caimi, Gregorio
- Hopps, Eugenia
- Montana, Maria
- Andolina, Giuseppe
- Urso, Caterina
- Canino, Baldassare
- Lo Presti, Rosalia
DOIAbstract
Considering the role of hemorheology in coronary circulation, we studied blood viscosity in patients with juvenile myocardial infarction. We examined whole blood viscosity at high shear rate using the cone-on-plate viscosimeter Wells-Brookfield ½ LVT and at low shear rate employing a viscometer Contraves LS30 in 120 patients (aged <46 years) with myocardial infarction, at the initial stage and subsequently 3 and 12 months after. At the initial stage, patients had an increased whole blood viscosity in comparison to normal controls. This hemorheological profile was not influenced by the cardiovascular risk factors, nor by the extent of coronary lesions, even if some differences were evident between patients with ST-segment elevation myocardia...
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