Hemostatic Alterations in Patients With Cirrhosis: From Primary Hemostasis to Fibrinolysis.

Zermatten, Maxime G; Fraga, Montserrat; Moradpour, Darius; Bertaggia Calderara, Debora; Aliotta, Alessandro; Stirnimann, Guido; De Gottardi, Andrea; Alberio, Lorenzo (2020). Hemostatic Alterations in Patients With Cirrhosis: From Primary Hemostasis to Fibrinolysis. Hepatology, 71(6), pp. 2135-2148. Wiley Interscience 10.1002/hep.31201

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In the setting of liver cirrhosis (LC), profound hemostatic changes occur, which affect primary hemostasis, coagulation, and fibrinolysis. They involve prohemorrhagic and prothrombotic alterations at each of these steps. Patients with cirrhosis exhibit multifactorial thrombocytopenia and in vitro thrombocytopathy, counterbalanced by increased von Willebrand factor. The resultant shift is difficult to assess, but overall these changes probably result in a rebalanced primary hemostasis. Concerning coagulation, the reduced activity of coagulation factors is counterbalanced by an increase in factor VIII (produced by liver sinusoidal endothelial cells), a decrease of the natural anticoagulants, and complex changes, including changes in circulating microparticles, cell-free DNA, and neutrophil extracellular traps. Overall, these alterations result in a procoagulant state. As for fibrinolysis, increased tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activators, a relatively decreased plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, and decreased levels of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and α2-antiplasmin are counterbalanced by decreased plasminogen and a decreased fibrin clot permeability. Whether and how these changes shift fibrinolysis remains to be determined. Overall, the current consensus is that in patients with cirrhosis, the hemostasis is shifted toward a procoagulant state. We review the published evidence for the concept of LC as a prothrombotic state, discuss discordant data, and highlight the impact of the underlying cause of LC on the resultant imbalance.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Hepatology

UniBE Contributor:

Stirnimann, Guido, De Gottardi, Andrea

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0270-9139

Publisher:

Wiley Interscience

Language:

English

Submitter:

Rahel Fuhrer

Date Deposited:

16 Dec 2020 10:29

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:42

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/hep.31201

PubMed ID:

32090357

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.148409

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/148409

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