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Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) levels as an indicator of thrombin activity in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of 25 patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) were measured serially by radioimmunoassay (RIA). FPA levels in CSF were extremely high on days 0–1 (1253±269 ng/ml, mean ± standard error) but decreased rapidly (11.3±3.9 ng/ml on days 2–4, 10.7±5.9 ng/ml on days 5–7, and 6.3±1.5 ng/ml on days 8–14). In the controls the FPA concentration in CSF was 1.2±0.9 ng/ml (mean ± standard deviation). Plasma FPA levels in patients with SAH showed no statistically significant changes with time.
The bradykinin (BK) concentration in CSF and plasma in 27 patients with SAH was measured serially by RIA. The cocentrations in CSF were 122.7±22.7 pg/ml (mean ± standard error) on day 0, 38.6±6.1 pg/ml on day 1,22.7±6.3 pg/ml on day 2, and 17.1±3.0 pg/ml or less thereafter. Plasma BK levels in patients with SAH were higher than those in the control group, but there was no statistically significant change over time.
From the measurement of FPA it was apparent that the coagulation system in the subarachnoid space is strongly activated in the early stage of SAH. The formation of BK in CSF after SAH is thought to be due to the contact activation of Hageman factor (intrinsic factor) in the subarachnoid space. Trabeculae as collagen bundles in the subarachnoid space were considered to have a possible role in activating the Hageman factor of the coagulation system in SAH.
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Kasuya, H., Shimizu, T., Okada, T. et al. Activation of the coagulation system in the subarachnoid space after subarachnoid haemorrhage: Serial measurement of fibrinopeptide A and bradykinin of cerebrospinal fluid and plasma in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta neurochir 91, 120–125 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01424566
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