Overview
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by sustained elevation of platelet counts, driven primarily by JAK2 V617F, CALR, or MPL mutations 312. It increases the risk of thrombotic and hemorrhagic events 812.Diagnosis
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Splanchnic venous thrombosis and recurrent spontaneous abortion due to latent essential thrombocytosis revealed after 20 years: Case report. Indian journal of cancer 2024. link 10 Hada Y, Yamada A, Kobayashi T, Sugiyama T, Ishii K, Takase K et al.. Bilateral Adrenal Infarction That Developed in Latent Essential Thrombocythemia. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2024. link 11 Kato Y, Iijima S, Kohyama S, Maeda T, Sato T, Takahashi S et al.. Recurrent Stroke with Rapid Development of Intracranial Artery Stenosis and Subsequent Successful Mechanical Thrombectomy in Essential Thrombocythemia. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2024. link 12 Babakhanlou R, Masarova L, Verstovsek S. A review of essential thrombocythemia and its complications. Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O 2023. link 13 Furuya C, Hashimoto Y, Morishita S, Inano T, Ochiai T, Shirane S et al.. Reevaluation of cardiovascular risk factors for thrombotic events in 580 Japanese patients with essential thrombocythemia. Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 2023. link 14 Wei P, Liu L, Wang X, Zong B, Liu X, Zhang M et al.. Expression of soluble ST2 in patients with essential hypertension and its relationship with left ventricular hypertrophy. ESC heart failure 2023. link 15 Bhardwaj K, Verma N, Trivedi R, Bhardwaj S. Effect of essential fatty acid blend on circadian variations of ambulatory blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension and coronary artery disease risk markers. Journal of human hypertension 2022. link 16 Sugawara M, Okada S, Kanda M, Iseki T, Sakaida E, Kobayashi Y. Anagrelide-associated Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Report and Literature Review. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2022. link 17 Kvernberg J, Grove EL, Ommen HB, Hvas AM. Platelet Function and Turnover in Essential Thrombocythemia: A Systematic Review. Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis 2021. link 18 Carrillo-Villaseñor F, Fowler Z, Moeller E, Roa L, Macias V, Koch R et al.. Access to Essential Surgical Care in Chiapas, Mexico: A System-Wide Geospatial Analysis. World journal of surgery 2021. link 19 Chiatamone Ranieri S, Arleo MA, Trasarti S, Bizzoni L, Carmosino I, De Luca ML et al.. Clinical and Prognostic Features of Essential Thrombocythemia: Comparison of 2001 WHO Versus 2008/2016 WHO Criteria in a Large Single-center Cohort. Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia 2021. link 20 Deng Y, Huang C, Su J, Pan CW, Ke C. Identification of biomarkers for essential hypertension based on metabolomics. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD 2021. link 21 Pérez Encinas MM, Sobas M, Gómez-Casares MT, Abuin Blanco A, Noya Pereira MS, Raya JM et al.. The risk of thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia is associated with the type of CALR mutation: A multicentre collaborative study. European journal of haematology 2021. link 22 Gotic M, Egyed M, Gercheva L, Warzocha K, Kvasnicka HM, Achenbach H et al.. Cardiovascular Safety of Anagrelide Hydrochloride versus Hydroxyurea in Essential Thrombocythaemia. Cardiovascular toxicology 2021. link 23 Shen F, Guo C, Wang Y, Yu F, Zhang D, Liu X et al.. Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels may increase the detrimental effect of VDR variants on the risk of essential hypertension. European journal of clinical nutrition 2020. link 24 Enomoto M, Kinoshita T, Kondo Y, Suzuki T, Asai T. Cardiac Surgery Using Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in a Case of Essential Thrombocythemia. Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia 2020. link 25 Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ. The role of autoimmune reactivity induced by heat shock protein 70 in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. British journal of pharmacology 2019. link 26 Xu G, Wang C, Ying X, Kong F, Ji H, Zhao J et al.. Serine hydroxymethyltransferase 1 promoter hypermethylation increases the risk of essential hypertension. Journal of clinical laboratory analysis 2019. link 27 Yuzaki M, Honda K, Kaneko M, Nakai T, Kunimoto H, Nishimura Y. Aortic valve replacement with essential thrombocythemia. Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 2019. link 28 Małecki R, Gacka M, Fiodorenko-Dumas Ż, Dumas I, Kwiatkowski J, Adamiec R et al.. Peripheral circulatory disorders in essential thrombocythemia. Microvascular research 2018. link 29 Chen YY, Zhang P, Zhou XM, Liu D, Zhong JC, Zhang CJ et al.. Relationship between genetic variants of ACE2 gene and circulating levels of ACE2 and its metabolites. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2018. link 30 Rendina D, Ippolito R, De Filippo G, Muscariello R, De Palma D, De Bonis S et al.. Risk factors for silent myocardial ischemia in patients with well-controlled essential hypertension. Internal and emergency medicine 2017. link 31 Dombi P, Illés Á, Demeter J, Homor L, Simon Z, Karadi E et al.. Anagrelide reduces thrombotic risk in essential thrombocythaemia vs. hydroxyurea plus aspirin. European journal of haematology 2017. link 32 Falchi L, Bose P, Newberry KJ, Verstovsek S. Approach to patients with essential thrombocythaemia and very high platelet counts: what is the evidence for treatment?. British journal of haematology 2017. link 33 Wang Z, Peng X, Li M, Jin F, Zhang B, Wang H et al.. Is human cytomegalovirus infection associated with essential hypertension? A meta-analysis of 11,878 participants. Journal of medical virology 2016. link 34 Lanzani C, Gatti G, Citterio L, Messaggio E, Delli Carpini S, Simonini M et al.. Lanosterol Synthase Gene Polymorphisms and Changes in Endogenous Ouabain in the Response to Low Sodium Intake. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2016. link 35 Worley B, Glassman SJ. Acral keratoses and leucocytoclastic vasculitis occurring during treatment of essential thrombocythaemia with hydroxyurea. Clinical and experimental dermatology 2016. link 36 Yang M, Zhao J, Xing L, Shi L. The association between angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 polymorphisms and essential hypertension risk: A meta-analysis involving 14,122 patients. Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS 2015. link 37 Chow CL, Mutha V, Farouque O. Case report: radial artery occlusion post-radial angiogram in essential thrombocytosis. Heart, lung & circulation 2015. link 38 Zhang SY, Chan SW, Zhou X, Chen XL, Mok DK, Lin ZX et al.. Meta-analysis of association between ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism and essential hypertension in Asian populations. Herz 2015. link 39 Patnaik M, Pati P, Swain SN, Mohapatra MK, Dwibedi B, Kar SK et al.. Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 gene polymorphisms with essential hypertension in the population of Odisha, India. Annals of human biology 2014. link 40 Luo JQ, Wang LY, He FZ, Sun NL, Tang GF, Wen JG et al.. Effect of NR3C2 genetic polymorphisms on the blood pressure response to enalapril treatment. Pharmacogenomics 2014. link 41 Pósfai É, Marton I, Szőke A, Borbényi Z, Vécsei L, Csomor A et al.. Stroke in essential thrombocythemia. Journal of the neurological sciences 2014. link 42 Yang B, Liu X, Li M, Yang Y, Na X, Wang Y. Genetic association of rs1800780 (A→G) polymorphism of the eNOS gene with susceptibility to essential hypertension in a Chinese Han population. Biochemical genetics 2014. link 43 Rumi E, Pietra D, Ferretti V, Klampfl T, Harutyunyan AS, Milosevic JD et al.. JAK2 or CALR mutation status defines subtypes of essential thrombocythemia with substantially different clinical course and outcomes. Blood 2014. link 44 Zhu Q, Guo Z, Hu X, Wu M, Chen Q, Luo W et al.. Haplotype analysis of PPARγ C681G and intron CT variants. Positive association with essential hypertension. Herz 2014. link 45 Esen F, Ata N, Esen H. Comparative study of the upper and lower limb skin blood flow control mechanisms in patients with essential hypertension. Anadolu kardiyoloji dergisi : AKD = the Anatolian journal of cardiology 2014. link 46 Hirose M, Tomoda F, Koike T, Yamazaki H, Ohara M, Liu H et al.. Imbalance of renal production between 5-hydroxytryptamine and dopamine in patients with essential hypertension complicated by microalbuminuria. American journal of hypertension 2013. link 47 Wu Y, Yang H, Yang B, Yang K, Xiao C. Association of polymorphisms in prolylcarboxypeptidase and chymase genes with essential hypertension in the Chinese Han population. Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS 2013. link 48 Tefferi A. Overcoming "aspirin resistance" in MPN. Blood 2012. link 49 Lee HS, Park LC, Lee EM, Lee SJ, Shin SH, Im H et al.. Incidence rates and risk factors for vascular events in patients with essential thrombocythemia: a multicenter study from Korea. Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia 2012. link 50 Hamedian AA, Esteghamati A, Noshad S, Mozafari M, Moin-Tavakkoli H, Nakhjavani M et al.. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) +405 C/G polymorphism is associated with essential hypertension in a population from Tehran of Iran. Molecular biology reports 2012. link 51 Oh VM, Chua BM, Heng CK, Yeo SB, Yim OS, Yap EP. Association of intronic single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the EMILIN1 gene with essential hypertension in a Chinese population. Journal of human hypertension 2012. link 52 Xi B, Shen Y, Yan Y, Mi J. Association of polymorphisms in the AGT gene with essential hypertension in the Chinese population. Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS 2012. link 53 Wang Z, Xu Y, Chen S, Wang L, Ding H, Lu G et al.. A common missense single nucleotide polymorphism in the E-selectin gene is significantly associated with essential hypertension in the Han population but only weakly associated in the Uygur population. Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension 2012. link 54 Wu C, Ye P, Li S. Circulating immune complexes correlate with collagen carboxypropeptide in patients with essential hypertension. Blood pressure 2012. link 55 Salvi E, Kutalik Z, Glorioso N, Benaglio P, Frau F, Kuznetsova T et al.. Genomewide association study using a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism array and case-control design identifies a novel essential hypertension susceptibility locus in the promoter region of endothelial NO synthase. 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Clinical evaluation of the European LeukaemiaNet criteria for clinicohaematological response and resistance/intolerance to hydroxycarbamide in essential thrombocythaemia. British journal of haematology 2011. link 61 Kushner AL, Cherian MN, Noel L, Spiegel DA, Groth S, Etienne C. Addressing the Millennium Development Goals from a surgical perspective: essential surgery and anesthesia in 8 low- and middle-income countries. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2010. link 62 De Stefano V, Za T, Rossi E, Vannucchi AM, Ruggeri M, Elli E et al.. Increased risk of recurrent thrombosis in patients with essential thrombocythemia carrying the homozygous JAK2 V617F mutation. Annals of hematology 2010. link 63 Keleş T, Bayram NA, Durmaz T, Bozkurt E. Late stent thrombosis after paclitaxel-eluting stent placement in a patient with essential thrombocytosis. Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir 2010. link 64 Mu Y, Qin C, Wang C, Huojiaabudula G. Two-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking imaging in evaluation of early changes in left ventricular diastolic function in patients with essential hypertension. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2010. link 65 Sahu BS, Sonawane PJ, Mahapatra NR. Chromogranin A: a novel susceptibility gene for essential hypertension. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2010. link 66 Wang Z, Nakayama T, Sato N, Izumi Y, Kasamaki Y, Ohta M et al.. The purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein coupled, 2 (P2RY2) gene associated with essential hypertension in Japanese men. Journal of human hypertension 2010. link 67 Naganuma T, Nakayama T, Sato N, Fu Z, Soma M, Yamaguchi M et al.. Haplotype-based case-control study on human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/redox effector factor-1 gene and essential hypertension. American journal of hypertension 2010. link 68 Teofili L, Giona F, Torti L, Cenci T, Ricerca BM, Rumi C et al.. Hereditary thrombocytosis caused by MPLSer505Asn is associated with a high thrombotic risk, splenomegaly and progression to bone marrow fibrosis. Haematologica 2010. link 69 Wang HL, Xu Q, Wang Z, Zhang YH, Si LY, Li XJ et al.. A potential regulatory single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the Klotho gene may be associated with essential hypertension in the Chinese Han population. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2010. link 70 Davies E, Mackenzie SM, Freel EM, Alvarez-Madrazo S, Fraser R, Connell JM. Altered corticosteroid biosynthesis in essential hypertension: A digenic phenomenon. Molecular and cellular endocrinology 2009. link 71 Kayrak M, Acar K, Yazici M, Kaya C, Ayhan SS, Gok H. Pericardial hemorrhage due to acetylsalicylic acid in a patient with essential thrombocythemia. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2009. link 72 Moreno-Domínguez A, Cidad P, Miguel-Velado E, López-López JR, Pérez-García MT. De novo expression of Kv6.3 contributes to changes in vascular smooth muscle cell excitability in a hypertensive mice strain. The Journal of physiology 2009. link 73 Stumpf C, Jukic J, Yilmaz A, Raaz D, Schmieder RE, Daniel WG et al.. Elevated VEGF-plasma levels in young patients with mild essential hypertension. European journal of clinical investigation 2009. link 74 Delić-Brkljacić D, Galesić K, Ivanac G, Manola S, Pintarić H, Stambuk K et al.. Influence of ATII blockers and calcium channel blockers on renal vascular resistance in patients with essential hypertension. Collegium antropologicum 2009. link 75 Cho YU, Chi HS, Lee EH, Jang S, Park CJ, Seo EJ. Comparison of clinicopathologic findings according to JAK2 V617F mutation in patients with essential thrombocythemia. International journal of hematology 2009. link 76 Afsar B, Ozdemir NF, Elsurer R, Sezer S. Renal resistive index and nocturnal non-dipping: is there an association in essential hypertension?. International urology and nephrology 2009. link 77 Gangat N, Wolanskyj AP, Schwager SM, Hanson CA, Tefferi A. Leukocytosis at diagnosis and the risk of subsequent thrombosis in patients with low-risk essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. Cancer 2009. link 78 Jiang X, Sheng H, Li J, Xun P, Cheng Y, Huang J et al.. Association between renin-angiotensin system gene polymorphism and essential hypertension: a community-based study. Journal of human hypertension 2009. link 79 Hwang J, Lee W. A case of essential thrombocythemia in an 8-year-old boy. Pediatric hematology and oncology 2008. link 80 Wilkins BS, Erber WN, Bareford D, Buck G, Wheatley K, East CL et al.. Bone marrow pathology in essential thrombocythemia: interobserver reliability and utility for identifying disease subtypes. Blood 2008. link 81 Timasheva YR, Nasibullin TR, Zakirova AN, Mustafina OE. Association of interleukin-6, interleukin-12, and interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms with essential hypertension in Tatars from Russia. Biochemical genetics 2008. link 82 Oki M, Moriuchi M, Kawada H, Ogawa Y, Ando K. A case of essential thrombocythemia presenting with aortic thrombosis. The Tokai journal of experimental and clinical medicine 2008. link 83 Perticone F, Maio R, Sciacqua A, Andreozzi F, Iemma G, Perticone M et al.. Endothelial dysfunction and C-reactive protein are risk factors for diabetes in essential hypertension. Diabetes 2008. link 84 Doesch C, Krämer B, Geisler T, May AE, Kroeber SM, Kandolf R et al.. Challenges in the treatment of patients with essential thrombocythemia and acute coronary syndrome. 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Leukocytosis is a risk factor for thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia: interaction with treatment, standard risk factors, and Jak2 mutation status. Blood 2007. link 90 Saigusa T, Kikuchi Y, Yamada M, Imakiire T, Hyodo T, Suzuki S et al.. A case of essential thrombocytosis developing nephrotic syndrome and severe endothelial damage. Journal of nephrology 2006. link 91 Nurkalem Z, Uslu N, Gorgulu S, Eren M. Left main coronary thrombosis with essential thrombocythemia. Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 2006. link 92 Lechin F, van der Dijs B. Central nervous system circuitry and peripheral neural sympathetic activity responsible for essential hypertension. Current neurovascular research 2006. link 93 Zavaroni I, Ardigò D, Zuccarelli A, Pacetti E, Piatti PM, Monti L et al.. Insulin resistance/compensatory hyperinsulinemia predict carotid intimal medial thickness in patients with essential hypertension. 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Erythromelalgia as a presenting manifestation in a patient with essential thrombocythemia complicating renovascular hypertension due to unilateral renal artery stenosis. Rheumatology international 2005. link 98 Glorioso N, Filigheddu F, Parpaglia PP, Soro A, Troffa C, Argiolas G et al.. 11beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 activity is associated with left ventricular mass in essential hypertension. European heart journal 2005. link 99 Coffee RE, Nicholas JS, Egan BM, Rumboldt Z, D'Agostino S, Patel SJ. Arterial compression of the retro-olivary sulcus of the medulla in essential hypertension: a multivariate analysis. Journal of hypertension 2005. link 100 Martín DN, Andreu EP, Ramírez Lorca R, García-Junco PS, Vallejo Maroto I, Santos RA et al.. G-protein beta-3 subunit gene C825 T polymorphism: influence on plasma sodium and potassium concentrations in essential hypertensive patients. Life sciences 2005. link