Inflammation and coagulation are key basic mechanism of protection against all potentially pathogenic mechanical and biological factors targeting human organism from inner and outer environment. On the other hand, uncontrolled inflammation results in hypercoagulation, inhibition of anticoagulation and alteration of mechanisms responsible for resolution of inflammation, while production of “procoagulant” mediators (thrombin, tissue factor and others), activation of platelets and of vascular endothelial cells maintains inflammation. All factors taken together serve as the basis for a pathological process called thromboinflammation or immunothrombosis. Currently thromboinflammation is considered in the broad sense as a universal pathogenetic mechanism of numerous widespread acute and chronic conditions, including immune-mediated (autoimmune) inflammatory rheumatic diseases, oftentimes complicated by severe irreversible damage to vital organs. Thromboinflammation gained specific attention during СОVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, caused by SARS-Cov-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2). COVID-19 is considered currently as systemic thromboinflammation syndrome, manifesting via generalized thrombosis of arterial and venous macro- and microvasculature, termed as COVID-19-coagulopathy. The paper discusses common pathogenetic coagulopathy mechanisms in COVID-19 and immune-mediated (autoimmune) inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IMRDs), associated with overproduction of antiphospholipid antibodies, activation of the complement system, and dis-regulated synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines, etc. Delineating the autoimmune subtype of thromboinflammation, identification of genetic (i.e., genes encoding the complement system and others) and molecular-biologic biomarkers associated with higher occurrence of COVID-19-coagulopathy are the most relevant undertakings for the current practice. Gaining insights into mechanisms of thromboinflammation and converting them into potential pharmacotherapies of IMDs would facilitate and accelerate the drafting of effective therapeutic strategies for COVID-19.

Behçet disease (BD) is a chronic multisystem disorder with vasculitis underlying its systemic manifestations. Cardiac involvement and particularly left ventricular intracardiac thrombus are rarely diagnosed in the course of BD and are often associated with poor prognosis. The causes of intracardiac thrombi are unknown. It is plausible that specific proinflammatory pathways resulting in the endothelial cell injury and hypercoagulation contribute to the formation of thrombotic masses in the heart. Known thrombophilic factors such as methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene mutations, factor V Leiden mutation, proteins S and C, antithrombin III, activated protein C resistance, and antiphospholipid antibodies may contribute to the formation of intracardiac thrombi in BD. We report a case of a 24-year-old male patient with BD presented with left ventricular thrombus. Transthoracic echocardiography allowed to describe and monitor such a rare cardiac manifestation of the disease. A combination of high-dose corticosteroid and azathioprine successfully dissolved intracardiac thrombus within ten days without anticoagulation.

Стратегия лечения системной красной волчанки «до достижения цели» (Treat-to-Target SLE). Pекомендации международной рабочей группы и комментарии российских экспертов Соловьев С.К., Асеева Е.А., Попкова Т.В., Клюквина Н.Г., Решетняк Т.М., Лисицына Т.А., Кошелева Н.М., Цанян М.Э., Меснянкина А.А., Панафидина Т.А., Кондратьева Л.В., Середавкина Н.В., Герасимова E.В.Начало нового тысячелетия ознаменовано существенным прогрессом в развитии ревматологии: более глубо-ко изучен патогенез многих ревматических заболеваний (РЗ), валидированы критерии диагностики, разра-ботаны индексы активности, внедрены понятия ремиссии и обострения, большое внимание стало уделяться изучению качества жизни пациентов. Существенно расширена возможность фармакотерапии иммуновоспа-лительных РЗ за счет появления генно-инженерных биологических препаратов (ГИБП). Изменилась и стра-тегия терапии пациентов с РЗ. В 2010 г. выдвигается концепция «Лечение до достижения цели» (Treat to Target) для ревматоидного артрита, а позднее для анкилозирующего спондилита. В январе 2013 г. по инициа-тиве ведущих мировых ревматологов стартовал проект создания концепции «Лечение до достижения цели» для системной красной волчанки (СКВ). Результатом их работы стали опубликованные в 2014 г. рекоменда-ции «Лечение СКВ до достижения цели», сформулированные в виде 4 основополагающих принципов и 11 основных рекомендаций. Цель данной публикации -общая характеристика основных положений принципов и рекомендаций с комментариями ведущих специалистов-люпологов с учетом особенностей СКВ в Российской Федерации и обсуждением некоторых дискуссионных и нерешенных проблем. Ключевые слова: системная красная волчанка; «Лечение до достижения цели»; мониторинг. Для ссылки: Соловьев СК, Асеева ЕА, Попкова ТВ и др. Стратегия лечения системной красной волчанки «до достижения цели» (Treat-to-Target SLE). Pекомендации международной рабочей группы и комментарии рос-сийских экспертов. Научно-практическая ревматология. 2015;53(1):9-16. The start of the new millennium is marked by a substantial progress in the development of rheumatology: pathogenesis of many rheumatic diseases (RDs) was more deeply studied; their diagnostic criteria validated; disease activity indices worked out; the concepts of remission and exacerbation introduced; much attention has been given to the investigations of quality of life in patients. The possibility of pharmacotherapy for immunoinflammatory RDs was extended by the advent of biological agents (BA). The treatment strategy for RDs was also changed. The treat-to-target concept was put forth for rheumatoid arthritis in 2010 and for ankylosing spondylitis later. The project of treat-to-target concept in systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) was launched on the initiative of the world's leading rheumatologists in January 2013. The result of their work is the treat-to-target-in-SLE recommendations published in 2014 and formulated as 4 basic principles and 11 general recommendations. The purpose of this publication is to provide general characteristics of the basic provisions...

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