Erythrocyte membrane fluidity during mesoglycan treatment

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Caimi, Gregorio | Romandini, Stefano | Lo Presti, Rosalia | Serra, Antonio | Montana, Maria | Francavilla, Giuseppe | Sarno, Antonio

Affiliations: Istituto di Clinica Medica e Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo | Direzione Medica Mediolanum, Milano Italy

Abstract: In a group of 10 subjects with vascular atherosclerotic disease (VAD) and in a group of 15 VAD subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), treated in monotherapy with mesoglycan, we examined, at baseline and after 30 days the erythrocyte membrane fluidity. From the obtained results, it is evident that in both groups the treatment with mesoglycan is responsible for an increase of this microrheological parameter.

Keywords: mesoglycan, vascular atherosclerotic disease, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

DOI: 10.3233/CH-1992-12311

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 449-453, 1992