HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-03-11DOI: 10.1055/a-2238-4782
Nikica Sabljic, Mirjana Mitrovic, Nikola Pantic, Jecko Thachil
{"title":"Thrombosis in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: The Current Understanding.","authors":"Nikica Sabljic, Mirjana Mitrovic, Nikola Pantic, Jecko Thachil","doi":"10.1055/a-2238-4782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2238-4782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite enormous improvement in the management of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), the distinctive coagulopathy observed at presentation in affected patients is often life-threatening. While hemorrhagic manifestations are well known and described in this setting, APL-related thromboses are underappreciated. Data regarding this complication are scarce showing variable incidence. Furthermore, risk factors for thrombosis are inconsistent and unreliable; so, differentiation of increased risk of hemorrhage from an increased thrombotic risk is quite difficult in the absence of adequate predictive scores. Besides, prophylactic use of anticoagulants and recombinant thrombomodulin are a matter of ongoing debate. Also, due to the common feature of thrombocytopenia and other hemorrhagic risks, patients with APL are excluded from trials analyzing anticoagulant prophylaxis in cancers; so, data from prospective trials are lacking. A detailed analysis of thrombotic risks in APL with the development of a reliable risk stratification model is needed to further improve the care of APL patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140102903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-03-11DOI: 10.1055/a-2266-8021
Alexander Mair, Gilles Huber, Jan-Dirk Studt, Donat R Spahn, Alexander Kaserer
{"title":"Quantifying Residual Rivaroxaban Plasma Concentration after Antagonization with Andexanet Alfa: A Difficult Task in Routine Clinical Practice.","authors":"Alexander Mair, Gilles Huber, Jan-Dirk Studt, Donat R Spahn, Alexander Kaserer","doi":"10.1055/a-2266-8021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2266-8021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe the case of a 38-year-old man with a history of chronic portal vein thrombosis who presented with abdominal pain after a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure. Under anticoagulation therapy with rivaroxaban, he experienced active splenic bleeding, leading to hemodynamic instability. Emergency interventions, including andexanet alfa and nanoparticle administration, successfully stopped the bleeding. However, routine tests showed persistently high rivaroxaban levels despite reversal with andexanet alfa. This case report shows that next to standard anti-Xa activity assay, high-performance liquid chromatography is as well unreliable in this regard. In contrast, viscoelastic tests might better serve as indicators of the efficacy of the reversal. The availability of modified anti-Xa tests is urgently needed, to monitor the effects of andexanet alfa reversal.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140102902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-03-06DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1780535
M Edvardsson, M Oweling, P Järemo
{"title":"Type 2 Diabetes: Platelets and Long-Term Metabolic Control as Estimated from Glycosylated Haemoglobin (HbA1c).","authors":"M Edvardsson, M Oweling, P Järemo","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1780535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1780535","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In type 2 diabetes, platelets are likely affected by impaired long-term glycaemic control, but such pathophysiological links are poorly understood. This study thus compares platelet reactivity (i.e. agonist-evoked platelet reactions) <i>in vitro</i> with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), a measure commonly used for monitoring long-term metabolic control of type 2 diabetes. Elders with type 2 diabetes (<i>n</i> = 35) were divided according to HbA1c into groups (HbA1c-low and high) consisting of 17 and 18 subjects, respectively. For estimating mitochondria disintegration, a flow cytometer determined mitochondrial transmembrane potentials after whole blood agonist stimulation. The activating agents used were α-thrombin (10 μM) and collagen (0.15 μg/mL). The same apparatus analysed the fibrinogen receptor activity, lysosomal exocytosis (surface lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1), and platelet procoagulant characteristics (membrane-attached annexin V) after stimulation. In type 2 diabetes, after <i>in vitro</i> agonist stimulation, platelet mitochondria injury was higher in the HbA1c-high group. The fibrinogen receptor, lysosomal secretion, and the creation of procoagulant platelets proved to be uninfluenced by HbA1c.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140051102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1055/a-2238-4744
Mirjana Kovac, Milena Todorovic Balint, Marija Milenkovic, Dusica Basaric, Branko Tomic, Bela Balint, Vera Ignjatovic
{"title":"Assessment of Factor VIII Activity and D-Dimer Levels in the Post-COVID Period.","authors":"Mirjana Kovac, Milena Todorovic Balint, Marija Milenkovic, Dusica Basaric, Branko Tomic, Bela Balint, Vera Ignjatovic","doi":"10.1055/a-2238-4744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2238-4744","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Changes in the hemostatic system during COVID infection lead to hypercoagulability. Numerous studies have evaluated hemostatic abnormalities in COVID patients during acute infection, in the period of hospitalization. However, the hemostatic status following hospital discharge has not been sufficiently assessed. Considering the importance of FVIII and D-dimer levels as markers for the assessment of thrombosis, our study aimed to evaluate changes in these markers, as well as the influence of patient's age and clinical presentation of COVID infection on those hemostatic markers in the post-COVID phase. This prospective study (July 2020 to December 2022) included 115 COVID patients, 68 (59%) with asymptomatic/mild and 47 (41%) with moderate/severe clinical presentation. Patient follow-up included laboratory evaluation of FVIII and D-dimer levels at 1, 3, and 6 months following the COVID infection. Three months after the COVID infection, elevated FVIII was recorded in 44% of younger versus 65% of older individuals, <i>p</i> = 0.05, respectively, and 30 versus 57% (<i>p</i> = 0.008) 6 months post-COVID infection. With a focus on clinical presentation, a higher number of patients with moderate/severe COVID had elevated FVIII activity, but a statistically significant difference was observed only for the 6 months (32% mild vs. 53% moderate/severe, <i>p</i> = 0.041) post-infection time point. Following a COVID infection, an increase in FVIII activity suggests a continued hypercoagulable state in the post-COVID period and correlates with elevated D-dimer levels. This increase in FVIII is more pronounced in patients with moderate/severe clinical picture and those patients older than 50 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140013679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1055/a-2211-6841
Christian Irsara, Andrea Griesmacher, Lorin Loacker, Clemens Feistritzer, Cosima Anna Überbacher, Jean Amiral
{"title":"Anti-Thrombin IgA in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma Leading to In Vitro Interference in Multiple Coagulation Tests and Confounding Diagnosis.","authors":"Christian Irsara, Andrea Griesmacher, Lorin Loacker, Clemens Feistritzer, Cosima Anna Überbacher, Jean Amiral","doi":"10.1055/a-2211-6841","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2211-6841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> We report the case of a 59-year-old multiple myeloma patient in whom an anti-human thrombin IgA antibody led to prolonged in vitro coagulation times, suggesting inhibitors to all intrinsic coagulation factors in the absence of spontaneous bleeding.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Routine and extensive special coagulation tests, in vivo bleeding time, and specific antibody testing were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Although the patient did not suffer from spontaneous bleeding and had a normal in vivo bleeding time, the anti-human thrombin IgA autoantibody affected all coagulation assays involving human thrombin in vitro, mimicking inhibitors to intrinsic coagulation factors. As the IgA paraprotein and the IgA antibody virtually disappeared after autologous stem cell transplantation, the coagulation tests also largely normalized.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Antibodies to human thrombin may interfere with all coagulation assays involving thrombin, imitating a severe coagulopathy. However, in vivo they do not necessarily lead to strongly increased bleeding tendency. Complex and ambiguous coagulation abnormalities should be evaluated and treated in an interdisciplinary setting, including a highly specialized coagulation laboratory, from the beginning.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140013678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-02-09DOI: 10.1055/a-2231-5277
Lennart Beckmann, Tobias D Faizy, Fabian Flottmann, Jens Fiehler, Carsten Bokemeyer, Lennart Well, Antonia Beitzen-Heineke, Florian Langer
{"title":"Multisite Thrombosis in a Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria.","authors":"Lennart Beckmann, Tobias D Faizy, Fabian Flottmann, Jens Fiehler, Carsten Bokemeyer, Lennart Well, Antonia Beitzen-Heineke, Florian Langer","doi":"10.1055/a-2231-5277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2231-5277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case: </strong>Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is an extremely rare bone marrow disorder caused by acquired mutations in the phosphatidylinositol glycan class A gene, which lead to a partial or total loss of the cellular complement regulators CD55 and CD59.1 In addition to complement-mediated hemolysis and cytopenia, venous and arterial thromboses at multiple and/or unusual sites are a common complication and occur in up to 44% of patients in historic PNH cohorts.1 2.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139713467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oral Anticoagulation and Mortality in Cases with Intracranial Bleeding: Analysis of Nationwide Prescription and Hospitalization Data.","authors":"Knut Kröger, Fabian Heldt, Ludger Feyen, Kathrin Feller, Bernd Kowall, Andreas Stang","doi":"10.1055/a-2229-8047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2229-8047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong> To demonstrate the safety of direct oral anticoagulants in relation to intracranial bleeding (ICB), we compared the number of patients taking anticoagulants in all cases of hospitalization and cases of hospitalization for ICB over time in Germany. We analyzed the intrahospital mortality of ICB cases in relation to long-term use of anticoagulants (LUAs).We performed a retrospective registry analysis of nationwide German hospitalizations including all hospital admissions and admission for ICB in patients aged ≥60 years in the period from 2006 to 2020 and separated for LUAs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> In 2006, the age-standardized rate of hospitalized male patients with LUAs was 7.3% and that of female patients was 5.6%. In 2020, the rates increased to 22.0 and 17.7% for male and female patients, respectively. Among patients hospitalized for ICB in 2006, 7.0 and 5.6% were male and female patients with LUAs, respectively. In 2020, the rate increased to 13.7% for males and 10.8% for females.In 2006, age-standardized mortality rates of male and female patients with ICB without LUAs were 24.1 and 23.9%, respectively. In 2020, the rate slightly decreased to 22.7% in males, but it remained almost unchanged in females at 23.8%. In the cases with LUA, the mortality rate decreased from 30.1 to 24.3% in males and from 28.4 to 24.2% in females in the same period.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> LUA seems to be safe because there is a slower increase of the rate of LUAs in ICB cases than in generally hospitalized cases in the period from 2006 to 2020. In addition, mortality in ICB cases with LUA tends to decrease compared to cases without LUA.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139693603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-02-28DOI: 10.1055/a-2177-9429
Jürgen Koscielny, Günther Kappert, Christoph Sucker
{"title":"Petition \"Vergütung für medizinische Leistungen - Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für die ambulante Versorgung\", ATMP-QS-Richtlinie Hämophilie und aktueller Stand zur Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen: E-Rezept.","authors":"Jürgen Koscielny, Günther Kappert, Christoph Sucker","doi":"10.1055/a-2177-9429","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2177-9429","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139991942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2024-02-28DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1782594
{"title":"Thrombozytopenie: Sind Thrombozytentransfusionen vor Legen eines ZVK verzichtbar?","authors":"","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1782594","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1782594","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139991944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-12-20DOI: 10.1055/a-2202-8620
Andreas Verstraete, Matthias M Engelen, Charlotte Van Edom, Thomas Vanassche, Peter Verhamme
{"title":"Reshaping Anticoagulation: Factor XI Inhibition in Thrombosis Management.","authors":"Andreas Verstraete, Matthias M Engelen, Charlotte Van Edom, Thomas Vanassche, Peter Verhamme","doi":"10.1055/a-2202-8620","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2202-8620","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138833111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}