Low-dose heparin in thoracic surgery: effect on blood coagulation and fibrinolysis system. 1982

E M Pogliani, and A Vigo, and E Cofrancesco, and M Colombi, and G Cristoforetti, and G Marchetti, and G Vercesi, and F Radaelli

Plasma kallikrein, antithrombin III and antiplasmin were determined with chromogenic methods in 29 patients pre-, per- and post-operatively in a controlled, randomized study. 16 patients received calcium heparin, 5000 IU s. c. every 8 hr for 7 days, the first administration given 2 hr before surgical procedure. 13 control patients received saline. A significant reduction of kallikrein and antiplasmin in per- and post-operative periods was observed in the control patients compared with the heparin-treated patients, while there was a significant reduction of anti-thrombin III in the control patients compared with the treated patients only in the per-operative period. The results obtained suggest that activation of the coagulation and fibrinolysis system occurs in patients undergoing thoracic surgery, and that it is inhibited significantly by calcium heparin prophylaxis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007610 Kallikreins Proteolytic enzymes from the serine endopeptidase family found in normal blood and urine. Specifically, Kallikreins are potent vasodilators and hypotensives and increase vascular permeability and affect smooth muscle. They act as infertility agents in men. Three forms are recognized, PLASMA KALLIKREIN (EC 3.4.21.34), TISSUE KALLIKREIN (EC 3.4.21.35), and PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (EC 3.4.21.77). Kallikrein,Kininogenase,Callicrein,Dilminal,Kallidinogenase,Kalliginogenase,Kallikrein A,Kallikrein B',Kallikrein Light Chain,Kinin-Forming Enzyme,Padutin,alpha-Kallikrein,beta-Kallikrein,beta-Kallikrein B,Enzyme, Kinin-Forming,Kinin Forming Enzyme,Light Chain, Kallikrein,alpha Kallikrein,beta Kallikrein,beta Kallikrein B
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011184 Postoperative Period The period following a surgical operation. Period, Postoperative,Periods, Postoperative,Postoperative Periods
D011288 Prekallikrein A plasma protein which is the precursor of kallikrein. Plasma that is deficient in prekallikrein has been found to be abnormal in thromboplastin formation, kinin generation, evolution of a permeability globulin, and plasmin formation. The absence of prekallikrein in plasma leads to Fletcher factor deficiency, a congenital disease. Fletcher Factor,Plasma Prokallikrein,Kallikreinogen,Plasma Prokallikrein A,Factor, Fletcher,Prokallikrein A, Plasma,Prokallikrein, Plasma
D001777 Blood Coagulation The process of the interaction of BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS that results in an insoluble FIBRIN clot. Blood Clotting,Coagulation, Blood,Blood Clottings,Clotting, Blood
D005260 Female Females
D005342 Fibrinolysis The natural enzymatic dissolution of FIBRIN. Fibrinolyses
D006493 Heparin A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts. Heparinic Acid,alpha-Heparin,Heparin Sodium,Liquaemin,Sodium Heparin,Unfractionated Heparin,Heparin, Sodium,Heparin, Unfractionated,alpha Heparin
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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