Decrease of the erythrocyte filterability and cerebrovascular accidents. Study in eighty patients
Lorient, M.F.; Boisseau, M.R.; Bricaud, H.; Manuau, J.P.; Allière, C.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 55(27-30): 1289-1291
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 228402 Document Number: 141393
Erythrocyte filterability has been studied in 80 patients (44 men and 36 women) with recent stroke (mean age of patients was 68). 200 adults were studied as reference. The filtration time is significantly higher in patients than in normal subjects (p less than 0,001). High individual variations are found in patients, in relation with the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. In conclusion, the role of erythrocyte deformability in cerebrovascular disease is discussed.