ArticleThrombosis and haemostasis2021
von Willebrand Factor Antigen, von Willebrand Factor Propeptide, and ADAMTS13 in Carotid Stenosis and Their Relationship with Cerebral Microemboli.
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- Clinical value of microemboli combined with cerebrospinal fluid inflammatory factor level monitoring in predicting recurrent stroke of middle cerebral artery stenosis.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
- Neutrophil extracellular traps induce thrombogenicity in severe carotid stenosis.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2021Article
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backgroundThe relationship between von Willebrand factor antigen (VWF:Ag), VWF propeptide (VWFpp), VWFpp/VWF:Ag ratio, ADAMTS13 activity, and microembolic signal (MES) status in carotid stenosis is unknown.
methodsThis prospective, multicenter study simultaneously assessed plasma VWF:Ag levels, VWFpp levels and ADAMTS13 activity, and their relationship with MES in asymptomatic versus symptomatic moderate-to-severe (≥50-99%) carotid stenosis patients. One-hour transcranial Doppler ultrasound of the middle cerebral arteries classified patients as MES+ve or MES-ve.
resultsData from 34 asymptomatic patients were compared with 43 symptomatic patients in the "early phase" (≤4 weeks) and 37 patients in the "late phase" (≥3 months) after transient ischemic attack (TIA)/ischemic stroke. VWF:Ag levels were higher ( DISCUSSION: VWF:Ag expression, a marker of endothelial ± platelet activation, is enhanced in recently symptomatic versus asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients, including in MES-ve patients, and decreases with ADAMTS13 activity over time following atherosclerotic TIA/ischemic stroke.
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