Plasma and serum levels of D-dimer and their correlations with other hemostatic parameters in pregnancy

Thrombosis Research
Rita PanicciaR Abbate

Abstract

The measurement of D-dimer in serum samples (s-DD) after standardized coagulation has been reported as a possible single global test for fibrinolysis in unstimulated conditions in healthy subjects and in patients with ischemic heart disease and with different metabolic disorders. No study has been performed on the use of this test in pregnancy, a condition characterized by physiological changes both in coagulation and in fibrinolysis. In this preliminary study, we have evaluated in 28 women with physiological pregnancy and in 23 comparable controls s-DD and a number of markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis. In nonpregnant women s-DD showed a good correlation with fibrinolytic parameters [euglobulin lysis time (ELT) and type 1 inhibitor of tissue plasminogen activator (PAI-1) act: P<.01; tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) ag and PAI-1 ag: P<.05], confirming previous data, whereas in pregnant women no correlation was observed. Plasma DD (pls-DD) and s-DD levels were not correlated either in pregnant or in control women. s-DD levels were significantly higher than pls-DD in controls and in 15/28 pregnant women whose pls-DD values were in normal range or mildly increased (<110 ng/ml; P<.05), whereas in the 13 pregnant women with ...Continue Reading

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