[Thrombotic microangiopathy after extracorporeal circulation: important differential diagnosis]
| Autor: | T, Schmidt, D A, Tsakiris, M, Grapow, M, Siegemund |
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| Jazyk: | němčina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
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80 and over Male Peripheral Vascular Diseases Extracorporeal Circulation Aspirin Critical Care Aortic Diseases ADAMTS13 Protein Mitral Valve Insufficiency Thrombosis Middle Aged Diagnosis Differential ADAM Proteins Postoperative Complications Purpura Thrombocytopenic Risk Factors Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome von Willebrand Factor Humans Female Coma Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors |
| Zdroj: | Der Anaesthesist. 60(5) |
| ISSN: | 1432-055X |
| Popis: | Thrombotic microangiopathies are characterized by platelet activation, endothelial damage, hemolysis and microvascular occlusion. This group of diseases is primary represented by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Patients present with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia as well as occlusion-related organ ischemia to a variable degree. A deficiency of the metalloprotease ADAMTS-13 is a major risk for acute disease manifestation as this is a regulator of unusually large von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers, which are extremely adhesive and secreted by endothelial cells. In classical TTP an ADAMTS-13 activity below 5% is specific, whereas in other forms of thrombotic microangiopathies activity of ADAMTS-13 ranges from very low to normal. Symptoms of different forms of thrombotic microangiopathy are frequently overlapping and a clear classification according to clinical criteria is often difficult. Due to a high mortality, particularly of TTP, immediate diagnosis and therapy are essential. In this article two cases of thombotic microangiopathy after cardiac surgery are reported. After exclusion of TTP and HUS as well as other etiologies of thrombotic microangiopathy a relationship between the use of extracorporeal circulation and the pathogenesis of thrombotic microangiopathy is assumed. |
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