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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
Whole-blood viscosity (measured at 128, 23 and 0.2 s-(1) was significantly increased in 29 females with Raynaud's syndrome, 13 males with vibration-induced Raynaud's syndrome, and 18 males with calf claudication secondary to atherosclerosis, as compared with 50 healthy controls matched for sex, age and smoking habit. Viscosity was higher at low temperature (27 and 22 degrees C) in all three types of vascular disease and, despite symptoms of cold hypersensitivity, patients with Raynaud's syndrome did not show selective hypersensitivity at low temperature. Patients with vascular disease, irrespective of aetiology, also showed an increase in the acute-phase reactants haptoglobin, fibrinogen, and factor VIII antigen, together with reduced fibrinolytic activity and minor activation of platelets. These alterations in viscosity and haemostatic factors in vascular disease are probably related to the degree, rather than the aetiology, of endothelial damage and their cumulative effect may contribute to local stasis and thrombosis, particularly in cold extremities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
651-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Hyperviscosity and thrombotic changes in idiopathic and secondary Raynaud's syndrome.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article