Miroslav Penka

Changes in haemocoagulation in healthy volunteers after a 1-hour thrombotripsy using a diagnostic 2–4 MHz transcranial probe

IntroductionThe aim was to monitor the changes in haemocoagulation parameters in healthy volunteers after a thrombotripsy with 1-hour transcranial Doppler monitoring using a 2–4xa0MHz probe.Materials and methodsAbout 10 healthy volunteers underwent a 1-hour thrombotripsy of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), thrombotripsy of the radial artery and a standard 20-min neurosonologic examination (NSE) in 2-week intervals. Platelet count, aPTT, prothrombin time, fibrinogen, D-dimers, tPA, FDP, α-2-antiplasmin (AP), plasminogen, PAI-1 antigen, time of euglobulin clot lysis (ECL), homocysteine, and lipoprotein (a) were examined before, at the end and 24xa0h after a thrombotripsy. All adverse events were monitored.ResultsAfter a thrombotripsy of the MCA, PAI-1 antigen, tPA antigen, fibrinogen and AP activity were significantly decreased by a mean of 32, 23, 7, and 4% respectively (Pxa0<xa00.05 in all cases). After a thrombotripsy of the RA, there was a significant decrease in tPA antigen alone by an average of 14% (Pxa0<xa00.05). Standard NSE did not affect any of the measured factors.ConclusionsThrombotripsy with 1-hour TCD monitoring using a 2–4xa0MHz diagnostic probe may affect the fibrinolytic system in humans.