{"title":"Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 Editors' Choice Papers.","authors":"Christian Weber, Anne Rigby, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.1055/a-2495-1993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2495-1993","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":"125 1","pages":"85-91"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sandra Ortega-Martorell, Ivan Olier, Mattias Ohlsson, Gregory Y H Lip
{"title":"TARGET: A Major European Project Aiming to Advance the Personalised Management of Atrial Fibrillation-Related Stroke via the Development of Health Virtual Twins Technology and Artificial Intelligence.","authors":"Sandra Ortega-Martorell, Ivan Olier, Mattias Ohlsson, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.1055/a-2438-5671","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2438-5671","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Graham Andrew Mackay, Claire Gall, Ravi Jampana, Carolyn Sleith, Gregory Y H Lip
{"title":"Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Guidance on Dementia: The Investigation of Suspected Dementia (SIGN 168) with Focus on Biomarkers-Executive Summary.","authors":"Graham Andrew Mackay, Claire Gall, Ravi Jampana, Carolyn Sleith, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.1055/a-2332-6426","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2332-6426","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This is an executive summary of the recent guidance produced by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) dementia guideline group with regards to the investigation of suspected dementia. This is a sub-section of the broader SIGN 168 guideline released in November 2023. The guideline group included clinicians with expertise in Old Age Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology, and Nuclear Medicine supported by colleagues from the SIGN and Healthcare Improvement Scotland teams. There was representation from carers and support organizations with experience of dementia, to ensure the recommendations were appropriate from the perspective of the people being assessed for possible dementia and their carers. As the 2018 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) dementia review included a review of the evidenced investigation of dementia, the SIGN guideline development group decided to focus on a review on the up-to-date evidence regarding the role of imaging and fluid biomarkers in the diagnosis of dementia. To give context to the consideration of more advanced diagnostic biomarker investigations, the guideline and this summary include the NICE guidance on the use of standard investigations as well as more specialist investigations. The evidence review supports consideration of the use of structural imaging, nuclear medicine imaging, and established Alzheimer's cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers (amyloid and tau) in the diagnosis of dementia. Although routine use of amyloid positron emission tomography imaging was not recommended, its potential use, under specialist direction, in patients with atypical or young-onset presentations of suspected Alzheimer's dementia was included as a clinical good practice point.</p>","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"12-20"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141094243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Rigby, Manuela Albisetti, Emmanuel J Favaloro, Rory R Koenen, Florian Langer, Gregory Y H Lip, Heiko Rühl, Christian Weber
{"title":"Reflections on World Thrombosis Day 2024.","authors":"Anne Rigby, Manuela Albisetti, Emmanuel J Favaloro, Rory R Koenen, Florian Langer, Gregory Y H Lip, Heiko Rühl, Christian Weber","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1791650","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1791650","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johann Georg Graus, Michael Prückler, Helga Bergmeister, Christoph Mader, Alexandru Trefilov, Richard Gölles, Marianne Kunschak, Wolfgang Schramm
{"title":"Prethrombin-1 as a Drug Substance Promoting Hemostasis with Reduced Risk of Thrombosis.","authors":"Johann Georg Graus, Michael Prückler, Helga Bergmeister, Christoph Mader, Alexandru Trefilov, Richard Gölles, Marianne Kunschak, Wolfgang Schramm","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787720","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong> Prethrombin-1 is a Gla-domain lacking enzymatically inactive split product that results from the cleavage of fragment 1 from prothrombin by thrombin in a feedback reaction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> A prethrombin-1 preparation derived from human plasma was tested for its hemostatic and thrombogenic properties. Animal models of nail clipping (for rabbits) and tail clipping (for mice) were developed to measure blood loss in FVIII-inhibitor or rivaroxaban anticoagulated rabbits and mice, respectively. A modified Wessler test was used in rabbits to assess the thrombogenic potential by Wessler score and clot weight. Studies were performed in groups of three to six for prethrombin-1 dose escalation and comparison with prothrombin, Beriplex®, FEIBA®, and saline as a control. Data were analyzed using t-statistics or the Mann Whitney U test as applicable.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Prethrombin-1 has excellent hemostatic properties in anticoagulated mouse and rabbit bleeding models. Wessler tests suggest that in contrast to activated and nonactivated prothrombin complexes, prethrombin-1 has negligible thrombogenic potential.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> The thrombin zymogen prethrombin-1 promotes hemostasis with reduced risk of thrombosis. Prethrombin-1 may have potential to become a life-saving treatment for patients who bleed or are at risk of bleeding.</p>","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"36-45"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141311767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanxiao Xiang, Ping Zhang, Yongjie Lai, Donghai Wang, Anchang Liu
{"title":"Risk Factors, Antithrombotic Management, and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Endovascular Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.","authors":"Yanxiao Xiang, Ping Zhang, Yongjie Lai, Donghai Wang, Anchang Liu","doi":"10.1055/a-2347-4221","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2347-4221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Patients receiving endovascular treatment for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) face varying risks and benefits with antithrombotic management. This study aimed to evaluate the perioperative and long-term effects of antithrombotic strategies, identify the populations that would benefit, and explore the predictive factors affecting the long-term outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> UIA patients undergoing endovascular treatment including stent-assisted coiling or flow diversion between June 2019 and June 2022 were enrolled. We compared perioperative and long-term complications between tirofiban and dual antiplatelet therapy groups. Optimal candidates for each antithrombotic treatment were identified using multivariate logistic regression. Nomograms were developed to determine the significant predictors for thromboembolic complications during follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Among 181 propensity-score matched pairs, the tirofiban group showed a trend toward a lower rate of thromboembolic complications than the DAPT group without elevating major bleeding risk in either period. Homocysteine (Hcy) level ≥10 μmol/L was a significant independent factor associated with thromboembolic complication in both periods. Subgroup analysis highlighted that in patients with high Hcy levels, tirofiban and sustained antiplatelet treatment for ≥12 months were protective factors, while a history of stroke was an independent risk factor for thromboembolic events in follow-up. Four variables were selected to construct a prognostic nomogram, history of hypertension, prior stroke, Hcy level, and the duration of antiplatelet therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Perioperative low-dose tirofiban and extended antiplatelet therapy demonstrated a favorable trend in long-term outcomes for UIA patients with preoperative Hcy levels ≥10 μmol/L undergoing endovascular treatment. The prognostic model offers reliable risk prediction and guides antithrombotic strategy decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"58-68"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141421097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Additional Factor X Enhances Emicizumab-Driven Coagulation Function in Patients with Hemophilia A and Hemophilia A Mice.","authors":"Kazuki Shimizu, Yuto Nakajima, Eisuke Takami, Hirotoshi Nakano, Keiji Nogami","doi":"10.1055/a-2315-8199","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2315-8199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Bypassing agents are used for breakthrough bleedings in patients with hemophilia A with inhibitor (PwHAwI) receiving emicizumab prophylaxis. Previous study demonstrated a weak binding affinity between emicizumab and factor (F)X (<i>K</i> <sub>d</sub>; 1.85 μM), and that this value was much greater than the plasma FX concentration (∼130 nM). We speculated that increased FX levels could enhance coagulation potential in emicizumab-treated patients with hemophilia A (PwHA). To investigate the relationship between FX concentrations and emicizumab-driven coagulation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Plasma FX (up to 1,040 nM) and emicizumab (50 µg/mL) were added to FVIII-deficient plasmas, and plasma-derived FX (520 nM) or recombinant (r)FVIIa (2.2 µg/mL) was added to plasmas from three emicizumab-treated PwHAwI. The adjusted maximum coagulation velocity (Ad|min1|) by clot waveform analysis and peak thrombin (PeakTh) by thrombin generation assay in them were evaluated. Emicizumab (3.0 mg/kg), human (h)FIX (100 IU/kg), and various doses of hFX (100-500 IU/kg) were intravenously administered to HA mice. Clotting time/clot formation time (CT/CFT) were assessed using rotational thromboelastometry, and blood loss was estimated by a tail-clip assay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> The addition of FX to FVIII-deficient plasma with emicizumab increased Ad|min1| and PeakTh. The coagulation parameters in emicizumab-treated PwHAwI spiked with additional FX remained within the normal range as well as the additional rFVIIa. In animal models, hFX injection shortened the CT and CT + CFT. The shorter CT and CT + CFT, and the lower blood loss were evident after 200 or 500 IU/kg hFX administration, and those indices were comparable to those in wild-type mice.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Supplementation with FX may improve emicizumab-driven hemostasis in PwHA.</p>","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"21-32"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140865727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xi Wu, Lei Li, Zhengjing Lu, Xiaobo Hu, Yeling Lu, Yu Liu, Guanqun Xu, Qiulan Ding, Xuefeng Wang, Wenman Wu, Peipei Jin, Jing Dai
{"title":"Heterozygous Prothrombin Mutation-Associated Thrombophilia.","authors":"Xi Wu, Lei Li, Zhengjing Lu, Xiaobo Hu, Yeling Lu, Yu Liu, Guanqun Xu, Qiulan Ding, Xuefeng Wang, Wenman Wu, Peipei Jin, Jing Dai","doi":"10.1055/a-2350-8338","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2350-8338","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is predisposed by thrombotic mutations in patients with hereditary thrombophilia. Although prothrombin deficiencies caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations are associated with bleeding diathesis, rare cases have shown a correlation between heterozygous prothrombin mutations and thrombosis.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong> We surveyed genetic variants involved in thrombosis and hemostasis in 347 patients with unprovoked VTE or having a positive family history of thrombosis. For patients identified with heterozygous prothrombin mutations, we conducted family investigations and performed a thrombin generation test (TGT) to elucidate the thrombotic risk. Novel mutants were expressed and subjected to functional assays to clarify the underlying thrombotic mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Heterozygous prothrombin mutations were identified in 3.5% of patients (12/347), including three novel mutations Phe382Ser, Phe382Leu, and Asp597Tyr found in one patient each, as well as previously reported Arg541Trp mutation in four patients and Arg596Gln mutation in five patients. A total of 42 mutation carriers were identified within the 12 pedigrees, among whom 64.3% (27/42) had experienced thrombotic events. TGT results demonstrated hypercoagulability for carriers of the five mutations, with Arg596Gln showing the highest thrombin generation potential followed by Arg541Trp. The Phe382-associated mutations severely impaired thrombomodulin-binding ability of thrombin, resulting in obviously reduced protein C (PC) activation. The Asp597Tyr mutation exhibited a mild reduction in both inactivation by antithrombin and PC activation reactions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The presence of heterozygous prothrombin mutations represents a potential genetic predisposition for VTE. All thrombosis-associated mutations potentiate coagulation activity by either conferring antithrombin resistance and/or impairing PC pathway activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"69-81"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141447174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Truman J Milling, Anna Voronov, Dirk S Schmidt, Edelgard Lindhoff-Last
{"title":"Long-Term Safety of a Four-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (Kcentra®/Beriplex® P/N): An Updated Pharmacovigilance Review.","authors":"Truman J Milling, Anna Voronov, Dirk S Schmidt, Edelgard Lindhoff-Last","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1788305","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1788305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong> Four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC) is recommended for vitamin K antagonist reversal in patients with major bleeding or in need of surgery. The most important risk associated with the use of 4F-PCC is the occurrence of thromboembolic events (TEEs). In this review, we aim to evaluate the safety profile of a 4F-PCC (Kcentra®/Beriplex® P/N; CSL Behring, Marburg, Germany) by reviewing pharmacovigilance data.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> A retrospective analysis of postmarketing pharmacovigilance data of Kcentra®/Beriplex® P/N from February 1996 to April 2022 was performed and complemented by a review of clinical studies published between January 2012 and April 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> A total of 2,321,443 standard infusions of Kcentra®/Beriplex® P/N were administered during the evaluation period. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were reported in 614 cases (∼1 per 3,781 standard infusions) and 233 of these cases (37.9%) experienced suspected TEEs related to 4F-PCC (∼1 per 9,963 standard infusions); most of these cases had pre-existing or concomitant conditions likely to be significant risk factors for thrombosis. TEE rates were similar when 4F-PCC was used on-label or off-label for direct oral anticoagulant-associated bleeding. Thirty-six cases (5.9%) reported hypersensitivity type reactions (∼1 per 64,485 standard infusions). No confirmed case of viral transmission related to 4F-PCC use was reported. The published literature also revealed a favorable safety profile of 4F-PCC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Analysis of postmarketing pharmacovigilance safety reports demonstrated that treatment with 4F-PCC was associated with few ADRs and a low rate of TEEs across multiple indications and settings, thus confirming a positive safety profile of 4F-PCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":" ","pages":"46-57"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11698618/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Welcoming 2025-A Year of Collaboration and Progress.","authors":"Gregory Y H Lip, Anne Rigby, Christian Weber","doi":"10.1055/a-2495-2105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2495-2105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23036,"journal":{"name":"Thrombosis and haemostasis","volume":"125 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}