Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Abstract

One of the casualties in the cold war has been free interchange of medical research. Our access to Soviet journals is limited, but even more so is our ability to get complete translations of interesting developments. There have been all too few attempts to remedy this. The present volume is therefore welcome, even though its audience is limited. Sixteen chapters are included, each representing a topic related to thrombosis and its treatment. Much of the work is unfamiliar to Western readers; some of it demonstrates Soviet lacunae. All of the studies are revealing as to the differences in orientation between our two cultures. Of particular clinical interest is the ongoing development of uses for blood from sudden-death cadavers. This product is known to us from earlier data on red blood cell transfusion; newly described is plasma fractionation, with particular attention to a fibrinolytic concentrate. This product has been successfully used