title: Study of thrombinic activation indexes, in patients with lower limb critic ischaemia, before and after prostaglandin E1 therapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this study the action of a prostaglandin, PGE1, was studied in a group of patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD).
  
  
  METHODS
  In 16 patients (14 men and 2 women, aged 47-70 years, mean 57 +/- 7) with PAOD, Fontaine stage IIb and III in critical ischemia, the effects on two indexes of thrombin generation and action of the endovenous administration (2 hours) of 60 micrograms of Alprostadil-PGE1 for four weeks were evaluated. In all artheriopathic patients, before and after pharmacological treatment, the following haemostatic parameters were evaluated: the prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (F1 + 2) and the fibrinopeptide A(FPA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients showed plasma levels of FPA significantly decreased at the end of the treatment. On the other hand, no significant difference in plasma F1 + 2 levels was observed after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results seem to indicate that plasma F1 + 2 levels are significantly elevated, as a marker of thrombosis status, in patients with PAOD before and after treatment with PGE1.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, University of Messina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trifiletti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartolone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scamardi
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pizzoleo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attinà
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sottilotta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Canobbio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soraci
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barbera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013917:Thrombin / Q000502:physiology*; D013918:Thrombin Time
chemical_list: D013917:Thrombin; D000527:Alprostadil