Open AccessA simple slide test to assess erythrocyte aggregation in acute ST-elevated myocardial infarction and acute ischemic stroke: Its prognostic significance
Author(s) -
Atla Bhagya Lakshmi,
Prasad Uma,
Ch Venkatachalam,
G Siva Nageswar Rao
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.77327
Subject(s) - erythrocyte sedimentation rate , medicine , myocardial infarction , erythrocyte aggregation , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , cardiology , hematocrit , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
A simple slide test and image analysis were used to reveal the presence of an acute-phase response and to determine its intensity in subjects of acute myocardial infarction and acute ischemic stroke. Erythrocytes tend to aggregate during an inflammatory process. Evaluation of erythrocyte adhesiveness/aggregation is currently available to the clinicians indirectly by erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), but ESR correlates poorly with erythrocyte aggregation, hence a simple slide technique using citrated blood was used to evaluate erythrocyte aggregation microscopically and also by using image analysis.