title: [Decreased fibrinolytic capacity in coronary patients by increased plasminogen activator inhibitor activity].
abstract: The fibrinolytic capacity of the blood mainly depends on the amount of tissue-plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI). In this study the fibrinolytic response to a venous occlusion test (VOT) was measured in 109 patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease (CAD) and in 20 healthy volunteers at comparable age (controls). CAD-patients had higher plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor capacity before (24.4 +/- 11.0 vs. 15.4 +/- 5.2 arbitrary units [AU/ml]; p less than 0.0002) and after VOT (19.6 +/- 13.2 vs. 10.9 +/- 5.3 AU/ml; p less than 0.0001) compared with controls. Furthermore they showed significant lower plasma t-PA activity after VOT (3.0 +/- 6.8 vs. 6.6 +/- 10.6 AU/ml; p less than 0.0001). However there were no difference between both groups in plasma t-PA antigen levels after VOT (17.3 +/- 12.1 vs. 18.7 +/- 14.4 ng/ml). In 10% of patients the decrease in fibrinolytic activity resulted from a lower t-PA release ("lower" was defined as mean minus one standard deviation of the control group). 40% showed elevated plasma PAI capacity before VOT ("elevated" was defined as mean plus two standard deviations of the control group). Both caused significantly reduced post occlusion plasma t-PA activity and prolonged Euglobulin clot lysis time (p less than 0.003). A positive correlation was found between PAI capacity and serum triglyceride levels. Reduced fibrinolytic activity in 109 patients with coronary heart disease based either on a decrease in t-PA antigen release or a increased in PAI capacity in comparison with healthy controls. The mechanism of these findings is not yet well-known.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihnken
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Speiser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller-Berghaus
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beyersdorf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlepper
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Satter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015849:Plasminogen Inactivators / Q000097:blood*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015849:Plasminogen Inactivators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
vernacular_title: Verminderte fibrinolytische Kapazität bei Koronarpatienten durch erhöhte Plasminogen-Aktivator-Inhibitor-Aktivität.