2009
A Randomized Clinical Trial Investigating the Relationship Between Aprotinin and Hypercoagulabilityin Off-Pump Coronary Surgery
Desai P, Kurian D, Thirumavalavan N, Desai S, Ziu P, Grant M, White C, Landis R, Poston R. A Randomized Clinical Trial Investigating the Relationship Between Aprotinin and Hypercoagulabilityin Off-Pump Coronary Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2009, 109: 1387-1394. PMID: 19843776, PMCID: PMC2789288, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b81068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAprotininBlood CoagulationBlood Coagulation TestsBlood PlateletsCoronary Artery Bypass, Off-PumpDouble-Blind MethodErythrocyte TransfusionFibrinolytic AgentsGraft Occlusion, VascularHumansPeptide FragmentsPlatelet AdhesivenessPlatelet AggregationPlatelet Function TestsPostoperative HemorrhageProspective StudiesProthrombinReceptor, PAR-1ThrombinThrombosisTreatment OutcomeWound HealingConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsProtease-activated receptor 1Adverse cardiovascular eventsSaphenous vein graftsCardiovascular eventsOPCAB surgeryAprotinin groupCoronary sinusHypercoagulable stateVein graftsThrombin generationAntifibrinolytic propertiesPump coronary artery bypass surgeryOff-pump coronary surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryRed blood cell transfusionAprotinin-treated patientsFull-dose regimenArtery bypass surgeryBlood cell transfusionCoronary sinus bloodPAR-1 antagonistsPlatelet-leukocyte conjugatesPAR-1 activationPlatelet-derived microparticles
2008
Warm ischemia provokes inflammation and regional hypercoagulability within the heart during off-pump coronary artery bypass: a possible target for serine protease inhibition
Kon Z, Brown E, Grant M, Ozeki T, Burris N, Collins M, Kwon M, Poston R. Warm ischemia provokes inflammation and regional hypercoagulability within the heart during off-pump coronary artery bypass: a possible target for serine protease inhibition. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2008, 33: 215-221. PMID: 18068996, PMCID: PMC2605708, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.11.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPump coronary artery bypassCoronary artery bypassTranscardiac gradientCoronary occlusionArtery bypassMyocardial ischemiaTNF-alphaCoronary sinus bloodEarly graft failureRegional myocardial ischemiaProthrombotic stateGraft failureProtamine administrationSinus bloodConsecutive patientsIschemic injuryMyocardial injuryIL-8Warm ischemiaPathophysiologic consequencesSeries of biomarkersCoagulation systemOPCABIschemiaInflammation