[Vascular injuries caused by electric direct current in experimental thrombosis models]

The eventual causes of the lesion of the vascular wall through electric direct current (D. C.) in experimental artificial thrombosis are discussed by means of microscopic investigations by electron microscope and light microscope in altogether 73 mongrel dogs and 14 mini pigs. No thermic lesions of the vascular wall were observed in the coronary thrombosis pattern on the closed thorax by means of 1 mA amperage and an induction time of 60 minutes. Secondary processes for cell lesions are to be made responsible in which the electrolysis on the cell membrane and the influence of functional ranges in the artery wall play an important part.