Abstract
In a search for a possible hypercoagulable state in myocardial infarction, platelet adhesiveness, plasma fibrinogen and euglobulin lysis time were estimated in 48 cases of acute myocardial infarction and in 15 age-matched normals. An increase in platelet adhesiveness (P < 0.05), plasma fibrinogen (P < 0.01) and fibrinolytic activity (P < 0.001) was noted in the patients when compared with normals. There are no obvious disturbances in the dynamic equilibrium normally existing between coagulation and fibronolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction.