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(Stroke. 1971;2:81.)
© 1971 American Heart Association, Inc.

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A Study of Blood Coagulation Following an Acute Stroke

LAMONT W. GASTON M.D.¹; JOHN E. BROOKS M.B. MRCP (LOND.)¹; HARVEY J. BLUMENTHAL M.D.¹; CRAIG E. MILLER B.S.¹

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, and the Departments of Neurology and Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110

A battery of blood coagulation tests were performed on 14 acute stroke patients. Various abnormalities were found, notably elevation of blood fibrinogen, factor VIII, prothrombin, platelet factor 3, and a shortened P.T.T. The significance of these findings is discussed and they are considered to be of no importance since similar changes were noted in the blood of healthy subjects of the same age range.

Key Words: thromboembolic cerebrovascular disease • hypercoagulable state • platelet