Ischemia--a coagulation problem?

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
B D Spiess

Abstract

The causes of perioperative ischemia and myocardial infarction (MI) in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients are almost certainly multifactorial, although not well understood. Ultimately, outcome after CABG is dependent on myocardial preservation and prevention of further myocardial ischemia. The largest number of ST-T-wave events come immediately after protamine is given, suggesting that re-establishment of coagulation function after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be an important event. CPB induces an inflammatory state that involves platelet-endothelial-cell interactions and vasospastic responses that result in low flow states in the coronary vasculature. The fibrinolytic system is activated during CPB, with raised tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) levels and related falls in plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1). PAI-1 levels rise during the postoperative period. There is a huge variability in human response. However, the patients with the highest tPA surge are not the same patients who have the highest PAI surge. It could be postulated that patients with high PAI-1 levels are at highest risk for early ischemia. New data just being evaluated from the Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (McSPI) Research Gr...Continue Reading

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