The effect of different methods of photohemotherapy on the rheological properties of the blood in patients with ischemic heart disease

: The authors made an analysis of results of examination of 41 patients with ischemic heart disease treated by the standard medicamentous therapy and when using different methods of photohemotherapy against its background. It was established that medicamentous therapy during 2 weeks failed to result in a substantial improvement of rheological properties of blood, while its combination with photohemotherapy could give a considerable positive effect coinciding with clinical improvement of the patient's state. Shorter terms are required to correct hemorheological indices when autotransfusions of photomodified blood are used.