Laboratory Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 438-442.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2022.05.008

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Clinical significance of von Willebrand factor determination in elderly patients with chronic heart failure complicated with lower extremity venous thrombosis

SONG Jinping, MA Jing, HUANG Guohong()   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,the People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,Urumqi 830001,Xinjiang,China
  • Received:2021-04-14 Revised:2021-09-03 Online:2022-05-30 Published:2022-07-20
  • Contact: HUANG Guohong

Abstract: Objective To analyze the predictive value of von Willebrand factor(vWF) for venous thrombosis in elderly patients with chronic heart failure(CHF). Methods A total of 96 elderly patients with CHF were enrolled. Among them,59 patients with CHF without lower extremity venous thrombosis were enrolled in disease control group,and 37 patients with chronic heart failure complicated with lower extremity venous thrombosis were enrolled in disease study group. Totally,50 healthy subjects over 60 years old during the same period were enrolled in healthy control group. The general clinical data were collected,and vWF activity,D-dimer and coagulation function related indexes were determined. Logistic regression analysis of influencing factors for venous thrombosis in patients with CHF was performed. The efficiency of plasma vWF activity on lower extremity venous thrombosis in elderly patients with CHF was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve. Results The vWF activity was higher in disease research group than that in disease control group(P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that vWF activity was an independent risk factor for lower extremity venous thrombosis in patients with CHF. The diagnostic cut-off value of plasma vWF activity for CHF complicated with lower extremity venous thrombosis was 231.5%,the sensitivity was 78.6%,and the specificity was 82.6%. Conclusions Plasma vWF activity level has clinical value in assessing the risk of lower extremity venous thrombosis in elderly patients with CHF.

Key words: Von Willebrand factor, Chronic heart failure, Venous thrombosis, Elder