[The role of shifts in blood rheology in the genesis of thrombosis in patients with arthrosis deformans of the hip joint].

Abstract

Blood rheology was studied in 83 patients with deforming coxarthrosis and 32 healthy controls. The following parameters were measured: blood viscosity, hematocrit, yield point, red cell aggregation and deformability, suspension stability. It is shown that blood rheology in coxarthrosis undergoes changes early in the disease course which progress with worsening of the patient's condition. High blood density in coxarthrosis is one of the factors responsible for postoperative thrombotic and thromboembolic complications.