title: Fibrinolytic response to venous occlusion in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.
abstract: The fibrinolytic potential was evaluated in 37 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease and compared to a control group of 30 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. In all individuals, the euglobulin clot lysis time and plasma antigen levels of t-Pa and PAI-1 were measured before and after venous occlusion (v.o) for 10 min. The global fibrinolytic activity was normal in 4 patients (good responders to v.o), while it was decreased in 33 patients (poor responders to v.o). Among the latter, 22 patients had significantly increased baseline levels of PAI-1 Ag (82.6 +/- 27.5 ng/ml, p < 0.001) and a normal release of t-Pa Ag after v.o. In contrast, 11 patients had basal values of PAI-1 Ag comparable to those in controls with a defective release of t-Pa Ag after v.o (11.4 +/- 5.2 ng/ml, p < 0.01). These data provide evidence for reduced fibrinolytic capacity resulting from either increased basal levels of PAI-1 or defective release of t-PA.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie-Immunologie, Hôpital Militaire de Tunis, Montfleury, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nsiri
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gritli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazigh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghazouani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fattoum
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machghoul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology