[Changes in hemostasis in ischemic heart disease in advanced age]

In a group of 178 patients with different forms of ischaemic heart disease and in a group of 40 healthy controls the authors made complete examinations of haemostasis to provide laboratory evidence of a state of hypercoagulation. They assessed the relationship of different coagulation factors between patient groups and healthy controls formed by a group of blood donors. They draw attention to the significant age dependence of the majority of coagulation factors. As apparent from the results, the highest incidence of hypercoagulation was recorded in patients with myocardial infarction.