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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
In our present placebo-controlled study on recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and heparin treatment of patients with acute ischaemic heart disease (IHD), we studied the extent of fibrin resolution and generation of coagulant activity. In rt-PA treated patients the lysis of fibrin in vivo (median 60 nmol of fibrin--estimated as fibrinogen equivalents) was significantly higher (p less than 0.02) than can be accounted for solely by lysis of a coronary thrombus (approximately 2 nmol) and circulating soluble fibrin (median 15 nmol). We observed a 200% increase of plasma concentrations of both prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (p less than 0.001) and thrombin-antithrombin III complexes (p less than 0.001) as a consequence of rt-PA treatment, indicating that the coagulant activity is primarily caused by a physiological activation of the coagulation system. We conclude that an important contribution to the activation of coagulation in patients undergoing coronary thrombolysis is lysis of fibrin deposited widespread on the vascular intima, and that this process causes an intimal-dependent activation of the coagulation system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-5513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
581-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Possible role of vascular intima for generation of coagulant activity in patients undergoing coronary thrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. A randomized, placebo-controlled study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Ribe County Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't