Changes in blood viscosity and plasma proteins in myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT

A clinical study of some biological and biochemical factors was carried out on patients with acute myocardial infarction. It was shown that (i) the plasma viscosity was highly correlated to the clinical evolution of myocardial infarction; (ii) the variations of plasma viscosity were related to changes in the connection of fibrinogen and globulin; (iii) the highest correlation was between the plasma viscosity and alpha2-globulin concentration. The monitoring of these may be useful in the clinical evaluation of myocardial infarction.