Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor complex in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: is it associated with diameter and growth rate?

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Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor complex in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: is it associated with diameter and growth rate? / Kölbel, Tilo; Strandberg, Karin; Donath, Tobias; Mattiasson, Ingrid; Stenflo, Johan; Lindblad, Bengt.

In: VASC ENDOVASC SURG, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2, 11.01.2008, p. 135-40.

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title = "Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor complex in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: is it associated with diameter and growth rate?",
abstract = "Increased thrombin activation was documented in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor (APC-PCI) complex, a new biological marker of thrombin generation, was measured in a population of 232 patients with AAA and a control group, and the association between aneurysm size, growth rate, and APC-PCI was studied. The patients were divided into cohorts according to AAA diameter and compared with a control group. APC-PCI was significantly higher in all AAA cohorts (n = 232; median, 0.36 microg/L; 10th to 90th percentile, 0.18-1.01) compared with the control group (n = 41; median, 0.19 microg/L; 10th to 90th percentile, 0.11-0.31; P < or = .001). APC-PCI correlated with AAA diameter (r = .22; P = .001), body mass index (r = -.19; P = .004), and age (r = .19; P = .004). APC-PCI did not correlate with AAA growth rate (r = .11; P = .14).",
keywords = "Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/blood, Biomarkers/blood, Blood Coagulation, Body Mass Index, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Protein C/metabolism, Protein C Inhibitor/blood, Severity of Illness Index, Thrombin/metabolism",
author = "Tilo K{\"o}lbel and Karin Strandberg and Tobias Donath and Ingrid Mattiasson and Johan Stenflo and Bengt Lindblad",
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T1 - Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor complex in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: is it associated with diameter and growth rate?

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AU - Strandberg, Karin

AU - Donath, Tobias

AU - Mattiasson, Ingrid

AU - Stenflo, Johan

AU - Lindblad, Bengt

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N2 - Increased thrombin activation was documented in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor (APC-PCI) complex, a new biological marker of thrombin generation, was measured in a population of 232 patients with AAA and a control group, and the association between aneurysm size, growth rate, and APC-PCI was studied. The patients were divided into cohorts according to AAA diameter and compared with a control group. APC-PCI was significantly higher in all AAA cohorts (n = 232; median, 0.36 microg/L; 10th to 90th percentile, 0.18-1.01) compared with the control group (n = 41; median, 0.19 microg/L; 10th to 90th percentile, 0.11-0.31; P < or = .001). APC-PCI correlated with AAA diameter (r = .22; P = .001), body mass index (r = -.19; P = .004), and age (r = .19; P = .004). APC-PCI did not correlate with AAA growth rate (r = .11; P = .14).

AB - Increased thrombin activation was documented in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Activated protein C-protein C inhibitor (APC-PCI) complex, a new biological marker of thrombin generation, was measured in a population of 232 patients with AAA and a control group, and the association between aneurysm size, growth rate, and APC-PCI was studied. The patients were divided into cohorts according to AAA diameter and compared with a control group. APC-PCI was significantly higher in all AAA cohorts (n = 232; median, 0.36 microg/L; 10th to 90th percentile, 0.18-1.01) compared with the control group (n = 41; median, 0.19 microg/L; 10th to 90th percentile, 0.11-0.31; P < or = .001). APC-PCI correlated with AAA diameter (r = .22; P = .001), body mass index (r = -.19; P = .004), and age (r = .19; P = .004). APC-PCI did not correlate with AAA growth rate (r = .11; P = .14).

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KW - Cohort Studies

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Protein C/metabolism

KW - Protein C Inhibitor/blood

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