title: [Evaluation of coagulation and fibrinolysis systems in women at peri- and postmenopausal age qualified for hormone replacement therapy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate coagulation and fibrinolysis systems in peri- and postmenopausal women who were qualified for hormone replacement therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  In sixty eight peri- and postmenopausal women qualified for hormone replacement therapy under study some coagulation and fibrinolysis parameters were measured in serum--platelet count, prothrombin time, prothrombin ratio, INR, APTT, thrombin time (TT), fibrinogen, D-dimers, TAT, factor VII, activity of antithrombin III, activity of protein C and protein S, PAI-1 and t-PA concentration. Controls were 26 healthy, reproductive women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of fifteen examined coagulation and fibrinolysis parameters in six cases there were statistically significant differences between menopausal women and controls:--APTT and TT were shortened (but within normal range) in menopausal group than in controls;--concentration of fibrinogen in menopausal group (also within normal range) was higher than in controls;--activity of factor VII was risen (and outside normal range) in the examined group in comparison to the controls;--activity of protein S was lower in menopausal than in reproductive women;--also concentration of t-PA was lower in the examined group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1. Differences in the values of coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters between the menopausal and reproductive groups of women may testify to the increased risk of thrombus formation in women at peri- and postmenopausal age. 2. Impaired fibrinolysis (low t-PA, high PAI-1) together with the rise in activity of factor VII can contribute to the development of ischaemic heart disease in menopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Ginekologii i Chorób Menopauzy ICZMP w Lodzi.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stachowiak
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Połać
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woźniak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pertyński
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pawłowicz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jedrzejczyk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makuła
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005342:Fibrinolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D012307:Risk Factors