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Platelet-dependent thrombin generation in patients with hyperlipidemia

I Aoki1, N Aoki, K Kawano

  • 1Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
|July 1, 1997
PubMed
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High cholesterol, not high triglycerides, increases blood clotting via platelet-dependent thrombin generation. Pravastatin treatment effectively normalized this clotting process in hypercholesterolemic patients.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Platelet-coagulation system interactions are crucial for understanding procoagulant mechanisms.
  • Atherosclerosis pathogenesis involves complex interactions between lipids and the coagulation cascade.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate coagulability, specifically platelet-dependent thrombin generation, in hypercholesterolemic and hypertriglyceridemic patients.
  • To determine if coagulability serves as an index for atherosclerosis.
  • To assess the impact of pravastatin treatment on thrombin generation in hypercholesterolemia.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed platelet-dependent thrombin generation in 58 hypercholesterolemic, 37 hypertriglyceridemic, 13 mixed dyslipidemia, and 75 control subjects.
  • Measured thrombin generation using a chromogenic substrate (S-2238) after initiating coagulation with calcium chloride in platelet-rich plasma.

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  • Evaluated changes in thrombin generation in hypercholesterolemic patients before and after pravastatin treatment.

    • Main Results:

    • Platelet-dependent thrombin generation was significantly elevated in patients with hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia compared to hypertriglyceridemic patients and controls (p < 0.01).
    • Hypertriglyceridemia alone was not associated with increased thrombin generation.
    • Pravastatin treatment successfully normalized thrombin generation in hypercholesterolemic patients.

    Conclusions:

    • Hypercholesterolemia is linked to heightened platelet-dependent thrombin generation, suggesting a role in atherosclerosis.
    • Hypertriglyceridemia does not appear to directly increase platelet-dependent thrombin generation.
    • Pravastatin effectively reverses the procoagulant state associated with hypercholesterolemia.