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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
Mild hyperhomocysteinemia, due to genetic or to environmental factors, is now recognized as a risk factor for premature arterial disease, including peripheral arterial occlusion, thrombotic stroke and myocardial infarction. It is defined by either an increased level of fasting homocysteine or by an increased level after loading with methionine, which is more frequently altered than the former. We studied the hemostatic parameters in 88 patients with premature arterial disease (mean age 43 +/- 11 years). We confirmed previously known hemostatic alterations described in vascular patients when compared to controls, but found that, among patients, some of these parameters were more altered in hyperhomocysteinemic patients. When fasting homocysteine was increased, higher alterations were found in factors VIIIc, von Willebrand and thombin-antithrombin complexes were more elevated. When post-methionine load homocysteine was increased, alterations in fibrinolytic parameters were more pronounced.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0340-6245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
466-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Mild hyperhomocysteinemia and hemostatic factors in patients with arterial vascular diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article