Prospective, longitudinal study of plastic bronchitis cast pathology and responsiveness to tissue plasminogen activator.
Prospective, longitudinal study of plastic bronchitis cast pathology and responsiveness to tissue plasminogen activator.
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塑性支气管炎铸造病理学和对组织纤溶酶原激活剂的反应性的前瞻性纵向研究。
DOI:
10.1007/s00246-011-0058-x
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发表时间:
2011-12
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Stringer, Kathleen A.
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作者:
Heath, Lauren;Ling, Shelley;Racz, Jennifer;Mane, Gerta;Schmidt, Lindsay;Myers, Jeffrey L.;Tsai, Wan C.;Caruthers, Regine L.;Hirsch, Jennifer C.;Stringer, Kathleen A.
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a rare disease that often occurs in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) who have undergone staged single ventricle palliation. It is characterized by the formation of rubbery “casts” in the airways. PB treatment frequently includes inhaled tPA. However, the efficacy of tPA to reduce cast burden is unknown. This is further complicated by our lack of knowledge of cast composition. We obtained spontaneously expectorated PB casts from children (n=4) with CHD and one adult patient with idiopathic PB. Pathological assessment was made from paraffin-preserved samples. Casts were treated with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) or tPA. Cast response to tPA was assessed by changes in cast weight and the production of fibrin D-dimer. Independent of dose, tPA reduced cast weight compared with PBS-treatment (p=0.001) and increased D-dimer levels. Histological staining showed that PB casts from all patients were comprised of fibrin and contained notable numbers of lymphocytes. Cast composition did not change over time. Collectively, these data support that in our PB patients, casts are comprised of fibrin and are responsive to tPA treatment. This makes inhaled tPA a potentially viable option for symptomatic relief of PB while we work to unravel the complexity of PB pathogenesis.
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影响因子:
8
作者:
Costello, JM;Steinhorn, D;Kumar, SP
通讯作者:
Kumar, SP
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Salman, S.;Shah, A.;Christian, Karla G.
通讯作者:
Christian, Karla G.
DOI:
10.1165/rcmb.2006-0040oc
发表时间:
2006-12-01
影响因子:
6.4
作者:
Chu, Eric K.;Cheng, Jason;Drazen, Jeffrey M.
通讯作者:
Drazen, Jeffrey M.
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.02.005
发表时间:
2010-07-01
影响因子:
1.5
作者:
Preciado, Diego;Verghese, Susan;Choi, Sukgi
通讯作者:
Choi, Sukgi
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08132.x
发表时间:
1984-01-01
期刊:
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
影响因子:
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作者:
SUENSON, E;LUTZEN, O;THORSEN, S
通讯作者:
THORSEN, S