Clinical characteristics of 4 patients with ticlopidine TMAs
Patient code . | Age . | Sex . | Duration of ticlopidine (wk) . | Creatinine (μmol/L) . | Platelets pretherapy . | Platelets posttherapy . | LDH pretherapy (U/L) . | LDH posttherapy (U/L) . | Outcome . | PEX sessions (N) . | ADAMTS13 Activity (%)* . |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
010 | 84 | M | 3 | 110 | 40 | 235 | 2555 | NA | Death | 8 | <5 |
022 | 77 | M | 4 | 150 | 5 | 131 | 1084 | 214 | Survival | 10 | <5 |
003 | 78 | F | 3.5 | 260 | 33 | 93 | 1005 | 1736 | Death | 3 | <5 |
012 | 42 | F | 2.5 | 110 | 13 | 323 | 790 | 170 | Survival | 30 | <5 |
Patient code . | Age . | Sex . | Duration of ticlopidine (wk) . | Creatinine (μmol/L) . | Platelets pretherapy . | Platelets posttherapy . | LDH pretherapy (U/L) . | LDH posttherapy (U/L) . | Outcome . | PEX sessions (N) . | ADAMTS13 Activity (%)* . |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
010 | 84 | M | 3 | 110 | 40 | 235 | 2555 | NA | Death | 8 | <5 |
022 | 77 | M | 4 | 150 | 5 | 131 | 1084 | 214 | Survival | 10 | <5 |
003 | 78 | F | 3.5 | 260 | 33 | 93 | 1005 | 1736 | Death | 3 | <5 |
012 | 42 | F | 2.5 | 110 | 13 | 323 | 790 | 170 | Survival | 30 | <5 |
Platelet values expressed as ×103.
F, female; M, male; NA, not available; PEX, plasma exchange.
ADAMTS13 was assessed by both FRET-VWF assay (<5%) and immunoblot activity (<10%).