Duration of cardiopulmonary bypass compared with changes in the plasma protease systems

Forty patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting were investigated concerning association between duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and changes in the plasma protease systems. Spontaneous enzyme activity, proenzymes and functional inhibition capacities in the fibrinolytic, p...

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Published inScandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 25; no. 3; p. 223
Main Authors Kongsgaard, U E, Smith-Erichsen, N, Geiran, O, Bjørnskau, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden 1991
Subjects
alpha-2-Antiplasmin - metabolism
Blood Coagulation - physiology
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Endopeptidases - blood
Fibrinolysis - physiology
Humans
Kallikrein-Kinin System - physiology
Middle Aged
Time Factors
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Summary:Forty patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting were investigated concerning association between duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and changes in the plasma protease systems. Spontaneous enzyme activity, proenzymes and functional inhibition capacities in the fibrinolytic, plasma kallikrein-kinin and coagulation systems were measured before, during and after CPB and in the immediate postoperative period. No clear relationship was revealed between changes in the measured variables and the duration of CPB.
ISSN:0036-5580
DOI:10.3109/14017439109099043