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What does coagulation prevent?

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Coagulation prevents blood loss - immunological response

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What does inflammation activate?

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Inflammation activates coagulation which promotes inflammation

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What is primary haemostasis?

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Aggregation of platelets

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What occurs during secondary haemostasis?

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the conversion of fibrinogen -> fibrin

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Summarise fibrinolysis

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  1. Aggregation of Platelets
    2a. Fibrinogen -> fibrin mesh via thrombin (protease)

2b. Prothrombrin -> thrombin via a culmination of a
cascade of similar activation steps

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When do primary / secondary haemostasis occur?

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These reactions are continuously occurring in the body

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Describe the features of arterial thrombosis

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Results from mostly atheroma rupture or damage to endothelium (e.g. MI / stroke)
Platelet rich ‘white’ thrombosis - mainly primary
May block arteries downstream

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Outline the distinctive features of a venous thrombosis

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Often results from stasis or a hyper-coagulant state (DVT)
Platelet poor ‘red’ thrombosis - mostly secondary
Can move to lungs

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Which process is favoured by endothelial cells when damaged?

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If damaged / inflamed, endothelial cells they may favour coagulation

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What is released from the subendothelial cells during coagulation?

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Subendothelial cells release Von Willebrand Factor or Tissue factor if disturbed

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How does the blood ensure clotting doesn’t occur?

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Many mechanisms are in place to prevent clotting
e.g.
- Binding of Heparan and antithrombin to their
receptors inhibits clotting
- Release of NO inhibits platelet activation

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What is the role of tissue plasminogen activator?

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Tissue plasminogen activator causes:
plasminogen -> plasmin
which lyses on clot forming D dimers

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What is Virchow’s Triad?

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Describes the 3 broad categories of factors that are thought to contribute to thrombosis:

  • stasis
  • hypercoagulant state
  • endothelial damage
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How does stasis cause thrombosis?

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Static blood lacks kinetic energy and tends to clot

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What causes a hypercoagulant state to occur?

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Infection 
Hereditary drugs (HRT)
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What can cause endothelial damage?

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surgery or canula

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What is the role of valves in veins?

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One way valves prevent backflow of blood

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How do veins transport blood back to the heart?

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Contraction of nearby muscles squashes veins, acting as a pump to return blood to the heart
- low venous pressure aids this mechanism

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How is risk of stasis increased around valves?

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Blood tends to eddy around valves increasing the risk of stasis around the valves

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What effect do varicose veins have on valves?

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Varicose veins compromise valves, causing blood to pool leading to DVT

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How does DVT occur?

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Blocked venous return congests the affected organ with fluid - Pressure increases
More hydrostatic pressure pushes fluid out causing oedema and swelling

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What is a major risk of DVT?

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The thrombosis might become dislodged and make its way back to the heart

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What is the fate of a thrombus?

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  • Resolution: resolves completely
  • Embolism: usually lodges in smaller vessels blocking
    blood flow
  • Organised: endothelium can grow over thrombus;
    reducing stretchiness of vessel
  • Recanalised & Organised
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Which vessels does a proximal DVT affect?

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Common femoral v.
Femoral V.
Great saphenous V.
External Iliac V.
Deep femoral v.
popliteal v.
  • Higher risk of pulmonary embolism and post- thrombotic syndrome
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Which vessels does a distal DVT potentially affect?
small saphenous v. | posterior & anterior tibial veins
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What is post-thrombotic syndrome?
when a thrombus remains and continuously blocks blood flow for a longer duration
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What are the consequences of post-thrombotic syndrome?
Inflammation along with damage to the venous valves from the thrombus itself Valvular incompetence combined with persistence venous obstruction inducing: - rupture of small superficial veins - subcutaneous haemorrhage - increased tissue permeability
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What is a pulmonary embolism?
When an embolism returns to the lung via the right side of the heart
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Describe the route taken by a pulmonary embolism
RA -> RV -> PA -> Lungs
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Describe the pathology of a distal DVT
- rarely causes pulmonary embolism - rarely causes post-thrombotic syndrome - Not as serious as the thrombus is moving from area of small vessels to larger vessel so has smaller effect
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What is the fate of a venous thrombus in the lungs?
- Asymptomatic | - Can cause sudden death
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Describe what occurs when a thrombolus may be asymptomatic
- small venous thrombolus - slight V/Q mismatch - or slight Infarct zone
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What reasons could cause a venous thrombolus to cause sudden death ?
- large venous thrombolus | - saddle embolism blocks pulmonary arteries
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What causes a saddle embolism?
Thrombus from femoral artery can cause saddle embolism
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How are Platelets are activated ?
1. Von Willebrand factor on subendothelial cells (or activated endothelial cells) activates platelets 2. Activated platelets release TxA2 - thromboxane & ADP - inducing receptors for fibrinogen 3. TxA2 & ADP bind to receptors on adjacent platelets increasing GpIIb/IIIa expression 4. Collagen, thrombin & many other mediators activate platelets
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What causes platelet adherence?
Fibrinogen acts as a tether, holding platelets together
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What is fibrinogen?
The soluble precursor to Fibrin present in circulation
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What is required for successful coagulation?
A negatively charged platelets surface
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What provides a negative platelet surface for coagulation to occur?
The clump of activated platelets provides the negative surface
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What is coagulation?
Coagulation involves: 1. conversion of fibrinogen -> fibrin 2. cross-linking the clot
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What are the pathways involved in coagulation?
Intrinsic Pathway Extrinsic Pathway Common Pathway
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Explain how the 3 coagulation pathways come together
Extrinsic pathway is the most significant in vivo Intrinsic pathway forms the basis of lab tests of coagulation and has some interaction with the extrinsic pathway - come together to common pathway (activating Fx)
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Describe the features of the coagulation pathways
- Amplification of signals at each step - Process can be inhibited at multiple steps - Small amounts of activated factors cause big effects - Factors constantly circulate blood
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Outline the steps of Intrinsic & Extrinsic pathways leading to the Common Pathway
1. Factor iXa activates Factor X by proteolysis -> FXa 2. FXa cleaves prothrombin -> thrombin (FIIa) 3. Thrombin (FIIa) cleaves fibrinogen -> fibrin
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How does fibrinogen promote blood clotting?
Is converted to fibrin Also forms bridges between and activating blood platelets by binding to their GPIIb/IIIa surface membrane fibrinogen receptor
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Outline the stages of the final Common Pathway
1. Thrombin cleaves Factors V and VIII -> FVa + FVIIIa 2. FVa + FVIIa with plasma Ca2+ form: Tenase Complex: - FVIIIa + FIXa -> FXa Prothrombinase Complex - FVa + FXa -> thrombin 3. Once enough thrombin produced, FXIIIa cross-links fibrin fibres into solid clots 4. Once activated FVIIIa activates FXa => inhibiting common pathway
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What is tissue factor?
Receptor for FVIIIa also bound to a negatively charged surface of a platelet phospholipids, along with Ca2+
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Where is tissue factor found?
TF is present on most subendothelial cells and is exposed if the endothelium is inhibited - ready for FVIIIa to bind
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What is the role of Tissue factors?
Assemble on the charged phospholipid surfaces of the activated platelets. FVIIIa and FVa amplify existing reactions making them harder to overcome
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What is the function of warfarin?
an anticoagulant that inhibits the production of carboxyglutamic residues
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Describe the features of the prothrombinase complex
Factor Xa is bound to negatively charged platelet via GLA
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What is GLA?
GLA domain is 10 - 12 glutamic acids in the N-terminus of the molecule converted to ɣ-carboxyglutamic acid -> Vitamin K dependent process
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What is the significance of coagulation pathways in the laboratory?
The common pathway is the bulk of the coagulation pathway - traditionally activated in the lab; still reflected in the way initiation pathways are described Intrinsic & Extrinsic pathways represent laboratory tests still carried out today to assess coagulation
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Describe what occurs in the extrinsic pathway
TF: receptor for VIIa, also bound to negatively charged platelet phospholipids surface along with calcium. Once activated, VIIa activates Xa and the common pathway is initiated. TF present in subendothelial cells; exposed if endothelium is damaged, ready for VIIa to bind to & initiate coagulation. Major one happening in vivo triggered by tissue factor which activates factor VII and feeds into the common pathway.
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Summarise the intrinsic Pathway
Activated when blood placed onto a charged surface such as glass.
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Explain the consequence of defects in the pathways
Defects in the factors of the extrinsic pathway have far larger physiological effects than mutations in the enzymes of the intrinsic pathway.
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How would we detect where a defect is present in the pathways?
Laboratory tests distinguish between activating the intrinsic or extrinsic pathways in order to assess where a defect may be.
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Explain the use of thrombolytic agents
Some of these thrombolytic agents such as tissue plasminogen activator and related compounds are used to treat strokes and myocardial infarctions.
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What is the role of tissue plasminogen activator?
Converts plasminogen -> Plasmin
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What is the function of antithrombin?
Inhibits a lot of the enzymes in the coagulation cascade but thrombin and Factor VII in particular
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Where is antithrombin found?
Expressed by endothelial cells
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What is the role of Heparan?
Heparan binds to the enzyme inhibitor antithrombin III (AT), causing a conformational change that results in its activation
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What does activated AT do?
The activated AT then inactivates thrombin, factor Xa and other proteases

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