Intraventricular and brachial artery thrombosis in nephrotic syndrome |
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Authors: | GH Malik JS al-Wakeel S al-Mohaya I Wasfy MS Kechrid HH el-Gamal |
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Affiliation: | Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t zu Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 9, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: To investigate the influence of hyperthermia up to 45 degrees C on fibrinolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA). METHODS: Standardized fibrin clots were incubated in a water bath for 5 hr with either rt-PA (test group) or 0.9% sodium chloride (control group) and blood plasma at temperatures of 30-45 degrees C. Concentrations of D-dimer and time to complete clot lysis were measured. RESULTS: The activity of fibrinolysis with rt-PA rose with increasing temperature: time to lysis approximately halved from 30 degrees C to 40 degrees C and the concentration of D-dimer tripled. In the control group clot size did not change. CONCLUSIONS: Activity of rt-PA-induced fibrinolysis rises distinctly with higher temperatures. Since even healthy subjects show a physiologic decline in body temperature in the extremities, in patients with occlusive arterial disease decreased activity of fibrinolysis with rt-PA can be expected. Controlled hyperthermia may improve fibrinolysis with rt-PA and should be investigated in vivo. |
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