hemostasis and thrombosis Flashcards
thrombosis
inappropriate activation of normal processes in uninjured vessels or thrombotic occlusion of a vessel after relatively minor injury
hemorrhage
defects in hemostatic plug formation
four stages of normal hemostasis
1 - vasoconstriction after injury to epithelium
2 - primary hemostasis - platelet aggregation
3 - secondary hemostasis - coagulation cascade (clot)
4 - thrombus and anti-thrombotic events
role of endothelial cells
maintain blood fluidity
how do endothelial cells regulate vessel tone?
- secrete endothelia - vasoconstriction
how do endothelial cells prevent platelet aggregation and promote vasodilation?
- secrete prostacyclin, nitric oxide
how do endothelial cells act as anticoagulants?
1 - prevent interaction with adhesive proteins such as collagen, vWF, tissue factor
2 - modulate fibrinolysis by synthesizing both plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)
what is tissue factor?
- membrane protein
- in smooth muscle, fibroblasts, macrophages
- initiates coagulation
prothrombotic properties of endothelial cells
- synthesis, storage, release of vWF
- storage and release of FVIII
- synthesis of tissue factor
primary hemostasis (the three A’s)
1 - adhesion - to subendothelium mediated by vWF at site of injury
2 - activation - metabolic - membrane shape change, surface GPIIb/IIIa alteration
3 - aggregation - fibrinogen cross-links via GPIIb/IIIa
concept of anti-platelet therapy
- prevention of inappropriate platelet activation to prevent stroke, ischemic heart disease, re-stenosis after angioplasty or stent.
- aspirin irreversibly inhibits platelet cyclo-oxygenase-1 (COX-1)
- NSAIDs reversibly inhibit COX-1
Clopidogrel
- anti platelet therapy
- blocks ADP receptor
Abciximab
- anti platelet therapy
- blocks GPIIb/IIIa
Where is VonWillebrand factor synthesized and stored?
endothelial cells and megakaryocytes (in platelet a granules)
vWF secretion and stimulation
- secretion is constitutive from endothelium into plasm
- stimulated by thrombin, fibrin, histamine, DDAVP from endothelium
- from platelet a granules in megakaryocytes when they are activated
functions of vWF
- adhesion
- aggregation (bind to GPIIb/IIIa
- FVIII binding - protects FVIII from proteolytic cleavage and brings it to site of hemorrhage
vitamin k dependent coagulation enzymes
factors 2, 7, 9, 10
what are the three lab coagulation pathways?
- intrinsic
- extrinsic
- common (both feed into it)
what starts the lab intrinsic pathway?
factors XII and XIIa
what starts the lab extrinsic pathway?
TF and VIIa - stimulate X to Xa conversion directly
the lab common pathway starts with the conversion of:
X to Xa