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  • Title: Macroaggregation of platelets in plasma, as distinct from microaggregation in whole blood (and plasma), as determined using optical aggregometry and platelet counting respectively, is specifically impaired following cardiopulmonary bypass in man.
    Author: Menys VC, Belcher PR, Noble MI, Evans RD, Drossos GE, Pillai R, Westaby S.
    Journal: Thromb Haemost; 1994 Oct; 72(4):511-8. PubMed ID: 7533335.
    Abstract:
    We determined changes in platelet aggregability following cardiopulmonary bypass, using optical aggregometry to assess macroaggregation in platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and platelet counting to assess microaggregation both in whole blood and PRP. Hirudin was used as the anticoagulant to maintain normocalcaemia. Microaggregation (%, median and interquartile range) in blood stirred with collagen (0.6 micrograms/ml) was only marginally impaired following bypass (91 [88, 93] at 10 min postbypass v 95 (92, 96] prebypass; n = 22), whereas macroaggregation (amplitude of response; cm) in PRP stirred with collagen (1.0 micrograms/ml) was markedly impaired (9.5 [8.0, 10.8], n = 41 v 13.4 [12.7, 14.3], n = 10; p < 0.0001). However, in PRP, despite impairment of macroaggregation (9.1 [8.5, 10.1], n = 12), microaggregation was near-maximal (93 [91, 94]), as in whole blood stirred with collagen. In contrast, in aspirin-treated patients (n = 14), both collagen-induced microaggregation in whole blood (49 [47, 52]) and macroaggregation in PRP (5.1 [3.8, 6.6]) were more markedly impaired, compared with control (both p < 0.001). Similarly, in PRP, macroaggregation with ristocetin (1.5 mg/ml) was also impaired following bypass (9.4 [7.2, 10.7], n = 38 v 12.4 [10.0, 13.4]; p < 0.0002, n = 20), but as found with collagen, despite impairment of macroaggregation (7.2 [3.5, 10.9], n = 12), microaggregation was again near-maximal (96 [93, 97]). The response to ristocetin was more markedly impared after bypass in succinylated gelatin (Gelofusine) treated patients (5.6 [2.8, 8.6], n = 17; p < 0.005 v control), whereas the response to collagen was little different (9.3 v 9.5).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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