Abstract: | The ADP- and collagen-induced aggregation of platelets in PRP of healthy probands was tested in vitro in the presence of 4 heparin preparations (Novo, Vitrum, Liquemin, Haemoderivate) and of a heparinoid (Eleparon). None of the preparations caused a significant direct aggregation. The collagen-induced aggregation was inhibited by all mentioned preparations; thereby the heparins proved to be effective approx. to the same degree whereas the heparinoid proved to be significantly less effective. The ADP-induced aggregation was potentiated by all preparations. A considerably different sensitivity to heparin could be observed in the single PRP's. A special method was found out to exclude the influence of the heparin-sensitivity of the PRP's to compare the special effects of the heparins. |