Platelet hyperaggregability in patients with atrial fibrillation: Evidence of a background proinflammatory milieu

Procter, Nathan E. K., Ball, Jocasta, Ngo, Doan T. M., Chirkov, Yuliy Y., Isenberg, Jeffrey S., Hylek, Elaine M., Stewart, Simon and Horowitz, John D. (2016) Platelet hyperaggregability in patients with atrial fibrillation: Evidence of a background proinflammatory milieu. Herz, 41 (1). pp. 57-62. ISSN 0340-9937

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Abstract

Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition where platelet hyperaggregability is commonly present. We examined potential physiological bases for platelet hyperaggregability in a cohort of patients with acute and chronic AF. In particular, we sought to identify the impact of inflammation [myeloperoxidase (MPO) and C-reactive protein (CRP)] and impaired nitric oxide (NO) signaling. Methods: Clinical and biochemical determinants of adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation were sought in patients (n = 106) hospitalized with AF via univariate and multivariate analysis. Results: Hyper-responsiveness of platelets to ADP was directly (r = 0.254, p < 0.01) correlated with plasma concentrations of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a matricellular protein that impairs NO responses and contributes to development of oxidative stress. In turn, plasma TSP-1 concentrations were directly correlated with MPO concentrations (r = 0.221, p < 0.05), while MPO concentrations correlated with those of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA, r = 0.220, p < 0.05), and its structural isomer symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA, r = 0.192, p = 0.05). Multivariate analysis identified TSP-1 (β = 0.276, p < 0.05) concentrations, as well as female sex (β = 0.199, p < 0.05), as direct correlates of platelet aggregability, and SDMA concentrations (β = − 0.292, p < 0.05) as an inverse correlate. Conclusion: We conclude that platelet hyperaggregability, where present in the context of AF, may be engendered by impaired availability of NO, as well as via MPO-related inflammatory activation.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2018 09:30
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 04:17
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68974
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-015-4335-y

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