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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is an acute, local stimulus to platelets which activation is regarded as an important factor for a later restenosis. The balance between the production of prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 is of (patho)physiological importance due to their opposite actions on vascular tone and platelet reactivity. In this study we investigated the influence of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the peripheral arteries on prostacyclin and thromboxane A2 productions in vivo by measuring the excretions of their urinary index metabolites, 2,3-dinor-6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha and 11-dehydrothromboxane B2, respectively, in 10 patients. We found a twofold increase in thromboxane A2, but no significant change in prostacyclin, production after peripheral transluminal angioplasty which shifted prostacyclin/thromboxane A2 balance to the direction of thromboxane A2 formation. This gives theoretical support to the use of thromboxane A2 synthase inhibitors and receptor antagonists as well as prostacyclin analogues in combination with peripheral percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to prevent thrombosis and restenosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0952-3278
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty increases thromboxane A2 production in claudicants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article