Open AccessRisk of stroke in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Author(s) -
Joseph K. Perloff,
Ariane Marelli,
Pamela D. Miner
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.87.6.1954
Subject(s) - medicine , phlebotomy , hyperviscosity , hematocrit , stroke (engine) , cardiology , thrombosis , population , heart disease , surgery , cerebral infarction , blood viscosity , ischemia , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering
Adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease and elevated hematocrit levels are often phlebotomized because of an assumed risk of cerebral arterial thrombotic stroke. Whether a relation exists between hematocrit level, symptomatic erythrocytosis (hyperviscosity), and stroke remains to be established in this patient population.
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