Comparison between blood coagulability in the intra-atrial and peripheral regions during the acute phase after rapid atrial pacing.

Comparison between blood coagulability in the intra-atrial and peripheral regions during the acute phase after rapid atrial pacing. Exp Anim. 2018 Oct 31;: Authors: Yamada S, Hirao D, Miura N, Iwanaga T, Kawaguchi T, Yoshimura A, Oomori T, Nagasato T, Maruyama I, Fukushima R Abstract The changes in intra-atrial blood coagulability after development of atrial fibrillation (AF) have not been elucidated in human. In the present study, blood coagulability were examined in the intra-atrial and peripheral regions during the acute phase after development of rapid atrial pacing (RAP) in experimentally created model dog similar to AF, using Total Thrombus-formation Analysis System (T-TAS) that is capable of comprehensively evaluating thrombogenicity in the bloodstream in the microvascular channel. According to the results, both the coagulating function-evaluating time to 10 kPa (T10) and occlusion time (OT) of the AR chip (chip for thrombus analysis mixed with coagulation and platelet) were significantly shortened in the atrial blood as early as 30 min after pacing (T10, 150.5 ± 40.5 s; OT, 212.4 ± 44.3 s) compared to the pre-pacing levels (T10, 194.5 ± 47.5 s; OT, 259.9 ± 49.5 s) (P<0.05). The OT of PL chip (chip for platelet thrombus analysis) was significantly shortened 30 min after pacing (231.8 ± 57.6 s), compared to the pre-pacing level (289.5 ± 96.0 s) (P<0.05). Meanwhile, none of T10 and OT of AR and PL chips showed any si...
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