Prevalence, risk factors and rheological profile of arterial vascular disease; first results of the Aachen study.

During a prospective cohort-study of several year's duration the results of a survey regarding prevalence of arterial occlusive disease, as well as classical risk factors and rheological profile of patients suffering from vascular disease were examined. 364 patients out of a total of 2,498 individuals suffered from vascular disease. 168 (6.

[Predictor function of hemorheologic parameters with reference to the incidence of manifest circulatory disorders: Concept of the Aachen study].

The prevention of cardiovascular disease has up till now generally been limited to control of the classical risk factors. The primary problem of the risk factor model is, that although a statistically verified relationship exists between risk factors and vascular disease, an individual prognosis is presently impossible. Surveys that show a relation between risk factors and impaired blood fluidity support the conception that a change in blood fluidity could be considered an early detection screening of vascular diseases.

[Objectification of the efficacy of an ointment for joint injuries using a volumetric method].

Distorsions of the upper ankle joint in 27 sport students were treated with an ointment dressing once daily in a double-blind test over 8 days. 14 cases were treated with Hepathrombin-50,000-Salbe Adenylchemie (100 g contain 50,000 I.E.

[Experience with etofenamate in sport injuries (author's transl)].

Experience with 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-ethyl-N-(a,a,a-trifluoro-m-tolyl)-anthranilate (etofenamate; active principle of Rheumon Gel) in the treatment of traumatic injury to the ankle joint is reported. In testing the effect of the product, volumetric measurements were carried out using an apparatus that permits highly accurate assessment by a simple and rapid method of measurement. The studies were carried out as a double blind trial.