Hemorheological disorders in patients with critical ischemia of the lower limbs of atherosclerotic genesis

• Published in: Vestnik hirurgii im. I.I. Grekova Vol. 160; no. 3; p. 52
• Main Authors: Losev, R Z, Zakharova, N B, Burov, Iu A, Shesterikov, I N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2001
• Subjects: Aged; Arteriosclerosis - blood; Arteriosclerosis - complications; Blood Viscosity; Cholesterol - blood; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Cholesterol, VLDL - blood; Hematocrit; Hemoglobinometry; Hemorheology; Humans; Intermittent Claudication - blood; Intermittent Claudication - diagnosis; Ischemia - blood; Ischemia - diagnosis; Ischemia - etiology; Leg - blood supply; Male; Middle Aged; Phospholipids - blood
• ISSN: 0042-4625

A comparative analysis of hemorheological indices was carried out in 105 patients with different variants of the course of critical ischemia of extremities and in 35 patients with intermittent claudication (as a reference group). Disturbances of the rheological properties of blood were revealed in the extremity muscles and in 62.4-68.8% of patients with a low functional reserve of the extremity muscles. All the examined patients had a low level of total cholesterol against the background of dyslipoproteinemia characterized by a decreased level of cholesterol of high density lipoprotein with a mild elevation of the concentration of cholesterol of low and very low density lipoproteins.