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Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis
BACKGROUND: Patients on haemodialysis (HD) are at an increased risk of sustaining thrombotic events especially to their vascular access which is essential for maintenance of HD. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether 1) markers of coagulation, fibrinolysis or endothelial activation are increased in patients...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844096 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067799 |
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author | Milburn, James A. Ford, Isobel Mutch, Nicola J. Fluck, Nicholas Brittenden, Julie |
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description | BACKGROUND: Patients on haemodialysis (HD) are at an increased risk of sustaining thrombotic events especially to their vascular access which is essential for maintenance of HD. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether 1) markers of coagulation, fibrinolysis or endothelial activation are increased in patients on HD compared to controls and 2) if measurement of any of these factors could help to identify patients at increased risk of arteriovenous (AVF) access occlusion. PATIENTS/METHODS: Venous blood samples were taken from 70 patients immediately before a session of HD and from 78 resting healthy volunteers. Thrombin-antithrombin (TAT), D-dimer, von Willebrand factor (vWF), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 antigen (PAI-1) and soluble p-selectin were measured by ELISA. C-reactive protein (hsCRP) was measured by an immunonephelometric kinetic assay. Determination of the patency of the AVF was based upon international standards and was prospectively followed up for a minimum of four years or until the AVF was non-functioning. RESULTS: A total of 70 patients were studied with a median follow-up of 740 days (range 72-1788 days). TAT, D-dimer, vWF, p-selectin and hsCRP were elevated in patients on HD compared with controls. At one year follow-up, primary patency was 66% (46 patients). In multivariate analysis TAT was inversely associated with primary assisted patency (r= -0.250, p= 0.044) and secondary patency (r = -0.267, p= 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: The novel finding of this study is that in patients on haemodialysis, TAT levels were increased and inversely correlated with primary assisted patency and secondary patency. Further evaluation is required into the possible role of TAT as a biomarker of AVF occlusion. |
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spelling | pubmed-36994932013-07-10 Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis Milburn, James A. Ford, Isobel Mutch, Nicola J. Fluck, Nicholas Brittenden, Julie PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Patients on haemodialysis (HD) are at an increased risk of sustaining thrombotic events especially to their vascular access which is essential for maintenance of HD. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether 1) markers of coagulation, fibrinolysis or endothelial activation are increased in patients on HD compared to controls and 2) if measurement of any of these factors could help to identify patients at increased risk of arteriovenous (AVF) access occlusion. PATIENTS/METHODS: Venous blood samples were taken from 70 patients immediately before a session of HD and from 78 resting healthy volunteers. Thrombin-antithrombin (TAT), D-dimer, von Willebrand factor (vWF), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 antigen (PAI-1) and soluble p-selectin were measured by ELISA. C-reactive protein (hsCRP) was measured by an immunonephelometric kinetic assay. Determination of the patency of the AVF was based upon international standards and was prospectively followed up for a minimum of four years or until the AVF was non-functioning. RESULTS: A total of 70 patients were studied with a median follow-up of 740 days (range 72-1788 days). TAT, D-dimer, vWF, p-selectin and hsCRP were elevated in patients on HD compared with controls. At one year follow-up, primary patency was 66% (46 patients). In multivariate analysis TAT was inversely associated with primary assisted patency (r= -0.250, p= 0.044) and secondary patency (r = -0.267, p= 0.031). CONCLUSIONS: The novel finding of this study is that in patients on haemodialysis, TAT levels were increased and inversely correlated with primary assisted patency and secondary patency. Further evaluation is required into the possible role of TAT as a biomarker of AVF occlusion. Public Library of Science 2013-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3699493/ /pubmed/23844096 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067799 Text en © 2013 Milburn et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Milburn, James A. Ford, Isobel Mutch, Nicola J. Fluck, Nicholas Brittenden, Julie Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis |
title | Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis |
title_full | Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis |
title_fullStr | Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis |
title_short | Thrombin-Anti-Thrombin Levels and Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistula in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Compared to Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Analysis |
title_sort | thrombin-anti-thrombin levels and patency of arterio-venous fistula in patients undergoing haemodialysis compared to healthy volunteers: a prospective analysis |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844096 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067799 |
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