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Whole blood thrombin generation profiles of patients with cirrhosis explored with a near patient assay.
用近患者试验探索肝硬化患者的全血凝血酶生成谱。
- 影响因子:3.70
- DOI:10.1111/jth.14751
- 作者列表:"Wan J","Roberts LN","Hendrix W","Konings J","Ow TW","Rabinowich L","Barbouti O","de Laat B","Arya R","Patel VC","Roest M","Lisman T","Bernal W
- 发表时间:2020-01-30
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS:Patients with cirrhosis have a rebalanced hemostasis, often with normal or elevated thrombin-generating (TG) capacity in plasma. Whole blood (WB) TG allows faster determination and, importantly, includes the influence of all circulating blood cells. We aimed to study the TG profile of patients with cirrhosis in WB and in platelet poor plasma. METHODS:TG in WB and plasma were assessed with a near-patient WB-TG assay and the Calibrated Automated Thrombinography, respectively. TG assays were tested in presence and absence of thrombomodulin. Conventional coagulation tests were also performed. RESULTS:Thirty-four patients with cirrhosis and twenty-two controls were analyzed. Compared with controls, patients had substantially deranged results in conventional coagulation tests. Comparable WB-TG capacity (endogenous thrombin potential until peak, ETPp) but significantly lower peak thrombin were found in patients, and these results persisted when thrombomodulin was present. TG of the patients was more resistant to thrombomodulin than controls in both WB and plasma, although the inhibitory effect of thrombomodulin was drastically weaker in WB than in plasma. The peak of WB-TG in patients correlated moderately with their hematocrit and platelet count. Significant correlations were found between TG results in WB and plasma. CONCLUSIONS:The WB-TG assay shows a normal to hypocoagulable state in patients with cirrhosis with a decreased anticoagulant activity of TM compared to plasma-TG. The clinical value of this assay needs further validation.
摘要
背景与目的: 肝硬化患者具有重新平衡的止血,通常血浆中凝血酶生成 (TG) 能力正常或升高。全血 (WB) TG 允许更快的测定,重要的是,包括所有循环血细胞的影响。我们旨在研究 WB 和血小板贫乏血浆中肝硬化患者的 TG 谱。 方法: 分别用近患者 WB-TG 法和校准的自动血栓造影法评估 WB 和血浆中的 TG。在存在和不存在血栓调节蛋白的情况下检测 TG 测定。还进行了常规凝血试验。 结果: 分析了 34 例肝硬化患者和 22 例对照。与对照组相比,患者在常规凝血试验中有明显的紊乱结果。在患者中发现了可比的 WB-TG 能力 (内源性凝血酶潜能直至峰值,ETPp),但凝血酶峰值显著较低,当血栓调节蛋白存在时,这些结果持续存在。在 WB 和血浆中,患者的 TG 对血栓调节蛋白的抗性均高于对照组,尽管 WB 对血栓调节蛋白的抑制作用明显弱于血浆。患者 WB-TG 峰值与其红细胞压积和血小板计数中度相关。发现 WB 和血浆中 TG 结果之间存在显著相关性。 结论: WB-TG 检测显示肝硬化患者的正常至低凝状态,与血浆-TG 相比,TM 的抗凝活性降低。该试验的临床价值有待进一步验证。
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