Arterial thrombosis results from endovascular injury and, to a lesser extent, alterations in hemostatic equilibrium. Although multiple hereditary and acquired hemostatic risk factors have been described in the pathophysiology of venous thrombosis, the degree and type of abnormalities that contribute to arterial thrombosis are less well understood. Endothelial cell injury with the elaboration of...

Acute rupture or erosion of a coronary atheromatous plaque and subsequent coronary artery thrombosis cause the majority of sudden cardiac deaths and myocardial infarctions. Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for acute coronary thrombosis. Indeed, a majority of sudden cardiac deaths attributable to acute thrombosis are in cigarette smokers. Both active and passive cigarette smoke exposure ...

Context. Antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by the association between presence of antiphospholipid antibodies and risk of thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity. Objectives. To systematically review the evidence for primary prophylaxis in patients with antiphospholipids antibodies syndrome or APS with or without other traditional risk factors of...

Objective: To determine the effect of high altitude on frequency and risk factors venous thrombosis inindividuals ascending to altitude
 Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study.
 Place Duration Study: Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Combined Military HospitalSkardu, from Apr 2015 Aug 2018.
 Methodology: High Altitude was taken as height equal or more than 8000 ...