Fig. 40.1 Mechanism of action for tranexamic acid (TXA), e-aminocaproic acid (EACA), and aprotinin during fibrinolysis (t-PA tissue-type-plasminogen activator, u-PA urokinase type-plasminogen activator, PAI plasminogen activator inhibitor, FDP fibrin degradation…
Edmo Atique Gabriel and Sthefano Atique Gabriel (eds.)Inflammatory Response in Cardiovascular Surgery201310.1007/978-1-4471-4429-8_37© Springer-Verlag London 2013 37. Dysfunctional Mechanisms of Anti-inflammation in Aortic Stenosis David A. Fullerton1 and Xianzhong Meng1 (1) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Colorado…
Fig. 19.1 Diagram outlining the considerable overlap between the coagulatory, fibrinolytic, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) systems Table 19.1 MMP production and activation and substrates MMP Alternative name Produced by Activated…
Fig. 32.1 Complexity of the inflammatory response in cardiac surgery Table 32.1 Humoral and cellular factors of the inflammatory response Humoral factors Cellular factors Contact activation products Neutrophils Factor XIIa…
, Cyro Alves de Brito3 and Alberto José da Silva Duarte1, 4, 2, 5 (1) Clinical Laboratory, Hospital do Coração, São Paulo, Brazil (2) Central Laboratory of Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo,…
Fig. 16.1 Pre- and postoperative angiogram of a patient undergoing arterial transplantation. The patient had undergone eight pervious vascular procedures on the left leg after varicose vein surgery 35 years…
Protein Varicose veina Vein wall collagen Increased Vein wall elastin Decreased Vein wall laminin Increased Vein wall tenascin Increased Vein wall fibronectin Similar SMC collagen type I Increased SMC collagen…
Fig. 13.1 Critical limb ischaemia with forefoot gangrene Inflammatory markers have been evaluated among both asymptomatic [31–33] and symptomatic [31–34] subjects with PAD, however (Table 13.1). Furthermore, such markers have…
Fig. 21.1 Hypothesized mechanisms of acute venous thrombosis post activation of the venous endothelium. The activation of tissue factor, P-selectin and E-selectin, platelets, inflammatory cells, and microparticles lead to thrombus…
Resting Heart (Medtronic) MECC (Maquet) ECC.O (Sorin) ROCSafe (Terumo) CORx (CardioVention) Circuit coating Carmeda bioactive surface (with heparin) Bioline (with heparin) Prosphorylcoline Xcoating, biopassive polymer coating Not coated Centrifugal…
