Examples of thrombosis in the following topics:
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- The physician must carefully weigh the costs (such as a 50% increase in the rate of thrombosis with use of erythropoietin) with the benefits.
- However, any benefit of erythropoetin must be weighed against the 50% increase in thrombosis, which can cause obstruction of circulation and has been demonstrated in numerous trials.
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- A group of pharmaceuticals called anticoagulants can be used in vivo as a medication for thrombotic (clotting) disorders including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
- These anticoagulants are used to treat patients with deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), atrial fibrillation (AF), and mechanical prosthetic heart valves.
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- However, if the number of platelets is too high, blood clots can form (thrombosis), which may obstruct blood vessels and result in ischemic tissue damage caused by a stroke, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, or the blockage of blood vessels to other parts of the body.
- Thrombosis also occurs when blood is allowed to pool, which causes clotting factors and platelets to form a blood clot even in the absence of an injury.
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- This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis, arterial embolism) or a hemorrhage (leakage of blood).
- Two types of thrombosis can cause stroke: large vessel disease involves the common and internal carotids, vertebral, and the Circle of Willis.
- Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis leads to stroke due to locally increased venous pressure, which exceeds the pressure generated by the arteries.
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- An embolism is any thrombosis (blood clot) that breaks off without being dissolved and travels through the bloodstream to another site.
- Additionally, endothelial damage caused by immune system factors like inflammation or hypersensitivity may also cause unnecessary thrombosis and embolism.
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- Sinusitis may extend to the central nervous system where it may cause cavernous sinus thrombosis, retrograde meningitis, and epidural, subdural, and brain abscesses.
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- A fibrinolytic that can break up thrombosis (blood clots) in the lungs.
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- If the number of platelets is too high, blood clots can form (thrombosis) and travel through the bloodstream, which may obstruct blood vessels and result in ischemic events.
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- Fibrinolysis is a process that removes clots following hemostasis and clot retraction, preventing uncontrolled thrombosis and embolism.
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- Vitamin K also synthesizes Protein C, Protein S, and Protein Z, anticoagulant proteins that degrade specific coagulation factors, preventing excessive thrombosis following the initial coagulation cascade.