Platelet Adhesiveness and Fibrinolysis after Recent Cerebro-Vascular Accidents and their Relationship with Subsequent Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Legs

Summary

In fifteen patients with a cerebro-vascular accident resulting in an acute hemiplegia there was a subsequent rise in the platelet count and plasma fibrinogen level. There were no significant alterations in platelet adhesiveness, plasminogen activator, plasminogen, FR-antigen and haematocrit. Patients diagnosed as developing deep venous thrombosis with the ¹²⁵I-fibrinogen technique had a significantly lower platelet adhesiveness and plasminogen level than those who were not.

^* Present Address: National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Maida Vale Hospital, London, W. 9.

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