Venous thrombosis is a chronic disease with a recurrence rate of approximately 30% within 5-8 years. The optimal duration of secondary thromboprophylaxis in these patients entails balancing the risk of recurrence against the risk of treatment-associated bleeding...
Keywords: Venöse Thrombose, Rezidiv, sekundäre Thromboseprophylaxe, Vitamin-K-Antagonisten, Risikofaktoren
01/2006 | Hämostaseologie, SchattauerVenous thromboembolism is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality. Women with thrombophilia have an increased risk of VTE in pregnancy and puerperium...
Keywords: Thrombophilie, Venöse Thrombose, Schwangerschaft, Abort, Präeklampsie
01/2006 | Hämostaseologie, SchattauerLevels of factor VIII (FVIII) are associated with the risk of venous thrombosis. The FVIII variation D1241E has been reported to be associated with decreased levels of FVIII...
Keywords: FVIII, haplotypes, levels, Venous thrombosis, risk
06/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerActivated protein C resistance (APCR), measured using the original assay described by Dahlbck, is a risk factor for venous thrombosis independent of the factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation...
Keywords: Venous thrombosis, activated protein C resistance, factor V Leiden, factor VIII
04/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerIncreased levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) have been reported in patients with a history of venous thromboembolism (VTE); however, prospective studies did not confirm an association between inflammatory markers that are highly correlated with IL-6 and the risk ofVTE...
Keywords: Interleukin-6, interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism, pulmonary embolism, Venous thrombosis
05/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerIxolaris is a two-Kunitz tick salivary gland protein identified in Ixodes scapularis that presents extensive sequence homology to TFPI...
Keywords: Anticoagulant, ixolaris, Venous thrombosis, factor Xa, Tissue factor, tick saliva, Ixodes scapularis
07/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerThe magnitude of the association of factor V Leiden mutation with pregnancy-related venous thrombosis remains unclear...
Keywords: Factor V Leiden mutation, Venous thrombosis, pregnancy, metaanalysis
07/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerHyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for venous thrombosis, but the underlying mechanism is unclear...
Keywords: Methionine, homocysteine, cysteine, Venous thrombosis
10/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerStenting has become a common intervention for venous occlusive disease. Little is known regarding the composition of venous thrombi complicating stent placement...
Keywords: Venous thrombosis, vascular stents, platelets
11/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerFor patients with ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT), neither the rate of recurrence nor the expected survival are well established...
Keywords: Ovarian vein, Venous thrombosis, hormones
08/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerWe tested the hypothesis that differences in the low-molecular-weight (500-20,000 Da) proteomic profile of plasma may be detectable between members of a protein C-deficient family who have suffered thrombotic events before age 40 compared to family members without a history of venous thrombosis...
Keywords: Venous thrombosis, SELDI-TOF, Mass spectrometry, proteomics, protein C deficiency
12/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerThe factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation, a genetic abnormality with an autosomal mode of inheritance, is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE)...
Keywords: Familial thrombosis, Venous thrombosis, factor V Leiden
12/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerCurrent anticoagulant therapies for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disorders have many drawbacks: vitamin K antagonists interact with food and drugs and require frequent laboratory monitoring, and heparins require parenteral administration...
Keywords: Factor Xa inhibitor, Venous thrombosis, prophylaxis, rivaroxaban, oral anticoagulant
03/2007 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerFatal pulmonary embolism remains the most common cause of mortality among pregnant women in many Western countries...
Keywords: pregnancy, Low-molecular-weight heparin, Thrombophilia, Venous thrombosis
04/2007 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerKeywords: cutoff values, hyperhomocysteinemia, Venous thrombosis
02/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter