Objective: To explore the role of HIF-1α in hypercoagulable state of COPD induced by lipopolysaccharide plus smoking in rats. It also has to explore the regulatory mechanism of HIF-1α-EPO/EDN-1/VEGF pathway by using its activator and inhibitor.
Methods: 60 Sprague-Dawley rats (SD rats) were randomly divided into healthy control group, COPD hypercoagulable control group, activator group, and inhibitor group with 15 rats in each group.
Background: There is limited research on clinical indicators for clinicians to judge the hypercoagulability of COPD patients.
Objective: The aim in this study was to evaluate the level changes of fibrinogen (FIB), d-dimer (D-D), and mean platelet volume (MPV) in plasma during the stable phase of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as compared with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD).
Methods: A total of 240 patients admitted with COPD in our hospital and 60 healthy people were enrolled in this prospective study using data from August 2016 to August 2017.