[Changes in thrombocyte functional properties after hyperbaric exposure].
The data are presented of the investigation of the effect of single pressure impulses on the shape and aggregation ability of platelets. The pressure impulses have been shown to lead to the activation of platelets which is not unequivocally associated with cell spherulation. It is suggested that the activating of the pressure impulses in vivo may maintain platelets in the state of activation which only slightly differs from the level of activation necessary for adhesion to an impaired site of the vascular wall.