Abstract
In patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems have been found to be activated preoperatively. Does the increased activity of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems persist after AAA surgery in a long-term perspective? Prothrombin fragment 1+2 (F1+2), thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), human plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1, and human cross-linked fibrin degradation product (D-dimer) were analysed in 18 patients after open AAA surgery (postop-AAA). The median time between surgery and blood sampling was 19 months (range, 5–37 months). Comparisons were made with both preoperative values of 23 patients with AAA (preop-AAA) as well as 20 age-matched healthy controls (AMC). F1+2, TAT, and D-dimer in preop-AAA were significantly higher compared to AMC ( p<0.001). In post-op AAA patients these parameters were significantly lower compared to preop-AAA ( p<0.05 for F1+2 and TAT, p<0.001 for D-dimer). However, TAT and D-dimer levels were still higher in postop-AAA than in AMC ( p<0.01 for both). The activity of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems seems to decrease after AAA surgery. However, the activity is still higher than in healthy AMC. A possible explanation may be that the thrombogenicity is lower in a vascular graft than in an aneurysmal sac but still higher than in a nonaneurysmal aorta.
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