Increased leukocyte-platelet adhesion in patients with graft occlusion after peripheral vascular surgery
Esposito CJ, Popescu WM, Rinder HM, Schwartz JJ, Smith BR, Rinder CS. Increased leukocyte-platelet adhesion in patients with graft occlusion after peripheral vascular surgery. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2003, 90: 1128-1134. PMID: 14652647, DOI: 10.1160/th03-04-0226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular diseasePeripheral vascular surgeryGraft occlusionLeukocyte-platelet adhesionOcclusion groupPlatelet turnoverVascular surgeryPMN activationPeripheral vascular surgery patientsLower extremity peripheral vascular diseaseEtiology of thrombosisVascular surgery patientsLate graft occlusionEarly postoperative periodSurface CD11b expressionProgression of atherosclerosisGraft lossPVD patientsGraft patientsPostoperative dayPostoperative periodSurgery patientsAcute thrombosisGraft patencyVascular disease