• 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 61  (5) , 497-504
Abstract
It is shown by transmission electron microscopy that the first structural change in rats, following a dose of aspirin, is to the basement membrane of the endothelial cell of the capillary and post-capillary venule. This leads to the breakdown of small blood vessels before any other cytolytic effect. This is a focal effect and it is proposed that the erosion develops as an ischemic infarct.