Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
2. 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a life-threatening, often immune-mediated disease that affects 2–13 persons per million per year. Hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and end-organ damage due to the formation of microthrombi are characteristic of TTP. ADAMTS13 is a disintegrin, metalloproteinase, cleaving protein of von Willebrand factor (VWF) that processes the VWF multimers to prevent them from interacting with platelets and, in turn, to microvascular thrombosis. Prompt diagnosis of TTP is critical yet challenging. Thrombotic microangiopathies have similar clinical presentation. Measurement of ADAMTS13 activity helps in the differential diagnosis. Less than 10% ADAMTS13 activity is indicative of TTP. Laboratory ADAMTS13 activity assays include incubating the test plasma with the substrate (full-length VWM multimers) and detection with direct or indirect measurement of the cleavage product. The purpose of this study is to examine the diagnostic potential, advantages, and weaknesses of the ADAMTS13 potency in TTP.
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