Endothelial dysfunction, impaired endogenous fibrinolysis, and cigarette smoking - A mechanism for arterial thrombosis and myocardial infarction
Endothelial dysfunction, impaired endogenous fibrinolysis, and cigarette smoking - A mechanism for arterial thrombosis and myocardial infarction
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.99.11.1411
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发表时间:
1999-03-23
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Webb, DJ
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作者:
Newby, DE;Wright, RA;Webb, DJ
Background-Effective endogenous fibrinolysis requires rapid release of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) from the vascular endothelium. Smoking is a known risk factor for arterial thrombosis and myocardial infarction, and it causes endothelial dysfunction. We therefore examined the effects of cigarette smoking on substance P-induced tPA release in vivo in humans.Methods and Results-Blood flow and plasma fibrinolytic factors were measured in both forearms of 12 smokers and 12 age- and sex-matched nonsmokers who received unilateral brachial artery infusions of substance P (2 to 8 pmol/min). In both smokers and nonsmokers, substance P caused dose-dependent increases in blood flow and local release of plasma tPA antigen and activity (P