Abstract
The hemorheological parameters: whole blood viscoelasticity, plasma viscosity and hematocrit were measured in 60 patients with completed stroke. These values are significantly higher than those of 90 healthy subjects. 16 patients with completed stroke with different treatments were investigated in a controlled study. The group with daily infusion of Ginkgo biloba extract added to low molecular weight dextran solution showed a significant decrease in the viscoelastic parameters of blood after 5 and 10 days after the beginning of treatment, whereas in the control group, treated with low molecular dextran only, no significant changes in blood viscoelasticity could be observed.
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