Elevated tissue factor pathway inhibitor is associated with intracerebral haemorrhage of unknown cause in young adults.

Journal: Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska
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Abstract

CLINICAL RATIONALE FOR STUDY: We have reported that intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) of unknown cause at a young age is associated with lower prothrombin and factor VII and higher antithrombin activity, along with the formation of looser fibrin networks displaying enhanced lysability. Patients with mild-to-moderate bleeding of unknown cause have elevated levels of free plasma tissue factor pathway inhibitor alpha (fTFPIα), inhibiting the tissue factor-factor VII complex and prothrombinase.

Authors

  • Michał Błaż
    Department of Neurology, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
  • Paweł Łopatka
    Department of Neurosurgery, John Paul II Hospital, Nowy Targ, Poland.
  • Elżbieta Szczygieł-Pilut
    Department of Neurology, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
  • Anetta Undas
    Department of Thromboembolic Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. mmundas@cyf-kr.edu.pl.