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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
In six awake sheep the control heparin-protamine reaction was associated with a 150-fold rise in arterial plasma thromboxane B2 (TxB2) levels, a 4.5-fold increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, a 20% decrease in cardiac output, a 30% decrease in arterial PO2, and a 30% reduction in arterial white blood cell concentrations. Depletion of 99% of circulating platelets by antibodies did not prevent either acute and severe pulmonary hypertension or increased plasma TxB2 levels induced by heparin-protamine administration. We produced sheep platelet aggregation in vitro with bovine thrombin and measured marked TxB2 release (36.3 +/- 16.3 ng/10(9) platelets). In contrast, neither heparin, protamine, nor heparin-protamine complexes over a 10,000-fold range of concentrations induced platelet aggregation and release of thromboxane in vitro. Therefore sheep platelets are not the source of thromboxane production associated with acute pulmonary hypertension during the heparin-protamine reaction, and other cells must produce the thromboxane.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2344-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of platelet depletion on lung vasoconstriction in heparin-protamine reactions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't