Blood Clots
Evaluating a new way to open clogged arteries
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'Off-the-shelf' artificial blood vessels show promise
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Reseachers develop new 3-D technology to treat atrial fibrillation
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Seven simple lifestyle steps may decrease risk of blood clots
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Cardiology
May 02, 2013 |
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Gene offers clues to new treatments for a harmful blood clotting disorder
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Genetics
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Patients fare better at hospitals using Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
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Cardiology
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Researchers find far-reaching, microvascular damage in uninjured side of brain after stroke
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May 20, 2013 |
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Preventing blood poisoning
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Biomarker trio predicts near-term heart risk
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A thrombus (Greek θρόμβος), or blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. It is achieved via the aggregation of platelets that form a platelet plug, and the activation of the humoral coagulation system (i.e. clotting factors). A thrombus is normal in cases of injury, but pathologic in instances of thrombosis.
Mural thrombi are thrombi adherent to the vessel wall. They are not occlusive and affect large vessels, such as heart and aorta. Grossly they appear grey-red with alternating light and dark lines (lines of Zahn) which represent bands of fibrin (darker) with entrapped white blood cells and red blood cells (lighter).
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