HEMORHEOLOGY AND ERYTHRODIERESIS
IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE.
MEDICAL PLASMAPHERESIS

N. A. Gorbunova, L. I. Ershova, Z. M. Likhovetskaya, 
G. N. Kurbanova, A. A. Postnikov, and A. A. Bozh'ev

UDC 616.155.194:616.155.164.18:612.15

It has been established that in patients with ischemic 
heart disease the viscosity of the blood plasma and the aggregation 
activity of erythrocytes are increased, which increases the degree 
of circulatory disturbances, decreases the acidic resistance of erythrocytes, 
and increases the level of free hemoglobin (enhanced erythrodieresis), 
with the result that the disseminated intravascular coagulation of 
blood is activated. Medical plasmapheresis, i.e., substitution of 
an isotonic solution for 30-40% of the circulating-plasma volume, 
improves the hemorheological indices and decreases the level of free 
hemoglobin in the blood without changing significantly the indices 
of acidic erythrograms.

Hematologic Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia; email: 
eli@blood.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 
76, No. 3, pp. 176-178, May-June, 2003. Original article submitted 
November 12, 2002.