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Blood, 1 December 2004, Vol. 104, No. 12, pp. 3631-3634. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on August 5, 2004; DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-03-1042. This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2004-03-1042v1 104/12/3631    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Tripodi, A. Articles by Mannucci, P. M Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Tripodi, A. Articles by Mannucci, P. M Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Next Article  Submitted March 19, 2004 Accepted July 20, 2004 A shortened activated partial thromboplastin time is associated with the risk of venous thromboembolism Armando Tripodi*, Veena Chantarangkul, Ida Martinelli, Paolo Bucciarelli, and Pier M Mannucci Department of Internal Medicine, Angelo Bianchi Bonomi, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, University and IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Milan, Italy * Corresponding author; email: armando.tripodi{at}unimi.it. Hypercoagulability due to high coagulation factor XI, VIII, IX, II and fibrinogen is recognized as a risk factor of venous thromboembolism (VTE). These factors are cumulatively explored by the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). To test the hypothesis that a short APTT increases the risk of VTE a case-control study was carried out in 605 patients referred for thrombophilia testing after documented VTE and in 1,290 controls. Median (range) APTT ratio (coagulation time of test-to-reference plasma) values were 0.97 (0.75-1.41) for patients and 1.00 (0.72-1.33) for controls (p<0.001). In patients who had an APTT ratio smaller than the 5th percentile of the distribution in controls the odds ratio (OR) for VTE was 2.4 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.7-3.6) and was independent of inherited thrombophilic abnormalities. Further statistical analyses in 193 patients and 259 controls for whom factor VIII (FVIII) levels were available showed a decrease of the OR from 2.7 (95% CI, 1.4-5.3) to 2.1 (95% CI, 1.0-4.2), indicating that the risk was only partially mediated by high FVIII levels. In conclusion, hypercoagulability detected by a shortened APTT is independently associated with VTE. This inexpensive and simple test should be considered in the evaluation of the risk of VTE. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: A. Tripodi, M. D. Cappellini, V. Chantarangkul, L. Padovan, M. R. Fasulo, A. Marcon, and P. M. Mannucci Hypercoagulability in splenectomized thalassemic patients detected by whole-blood thromboelastometry, but not by thrombin generation in platelet-poor plasma Haematologica, November 1, 2009; 94(11): 1520 - 1527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] F. E. Del Carpio-Cano, D. Zamora-Rangel, M. A. Rosales-Manoatl, M. R. Rivas-Gonzalez, E. Cervera-Ceballos, and R. A. De La Cadena Plasma Circulating Levels of Soluble P-Selectin and Thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) Are Elevated in Patients with Cancer and a Shortened Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) without Clinical Evidence of Thrombosis: An Inexpensive and Simple Test (APTT) To Be Considered for Its Clinical Value. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts), November 16, 2006; 108(11): 4098 - 4098. [Abstract] [PDF]

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