DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY OF ERYTHROCYTE-RICH AND PLATELET-RICH ARTERIAL THROMBI TO LYSIS WITH RECOMBINANT TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR - A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR RESISTANCE TO CORONARY THROMBOLYSIS
DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY OF ERYTHROCYTE-RICH AND PLATELET-RICH ARTERIAL THROMBI TO LYSIS WITH RECOMBINANT TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR - A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR RESISTANCE TO CORONARY THROMBOLYSIS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.79.4.920
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
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37.8
通讯作者:
COLLEN, D
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作者:
JANG, IK;GOLD, HK;COLLEN, D
Acute myocardial infarction is triggered by coronary artery occlusion that may be recanalized by thrombolytic therapy with a success rate of up to 75% only. The resistance of coronary artery occlusion to thrombolysis may either be due to obstruction of the lumen by a nonthrombotic mechanism or by intrinsic resistance of thrombus to dissolution. Coronary arterial thrombi are composed of platelet-rich and erythrocyte-rich material in variable proportions. To evaluate the relative sensitivity of these thrombus components to thrombolysis, we have used two femoral arterial thrombosis models in the rabbit, consisting of erythrocyte-rich clot produced by injecting whole blood and thrombin in an isolated segment and of platelet-rich thrombus spontaneously formed on an everted (inside out) femoral arterial segment. Intravenous infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) at a rate of 30 .mu.g/kg/min consistently reperfused arteries occluded with erythrocyte-rich clot (six of six animals compared with zero of six placebo-treated animals, p = 0.002), whereas infusion of 30 or 100 .mu.g/kg/min was significantly less efficient for reperfusion of everted segments occluded with platelet-rich material (only four of 12 animals, p = 0.01). Intra-arterial infusion proximal to the occlusion, at a rate of 20 .mu.g/kg/min reperfused six of seven rabbits with erythrocyte-rich clots but only one of seven rabbits with occluded everted segments (p = 0.03). A dose of 100 .mu.g/kg/min was necessary to reperfuse platelet-rich occlusions in five of six rabbits. We conclude that platelet-rich arterial thrombus is much more resistant to thrombolysis with rt-PA than erythrocyte-rich clot. This differential sensitivity to lysis may explain the failure of thrombolytic therapy in a significant percentage of patients with acute myocardial infarction who may have a predominantly platelet-rich occlusion. The rabbit femoral arterial eversion graft model may represent a useful tool for developing strategies directed at the dissolution of platelet-rich thrombus.