Platelet function after coronary artery bypass grafting: is there a procoagulant activity after off-pump compared with on-pump surgery?
This study has mainly indicated that platelets after OPCAB were more easily activated in the early postoperative period. After CABG with cardiopulmonary bypass we found a temporary platelet dysfunction which seemed to be overcome within the first postoperative day.
In adult FMF patients living in Turkey or Germany, no difference in disease activity or CRP could be found. German patients were younger at onset of disease and had a longer delay between onset and initiation of colchicine treatment.