A secondary hypercoagulable state is an increased risk of severe blood clotting due to an underlying nonhereditary condition or event. Common causes include cancer, pregnancy, and antiphospholipid ...

The major emphasis of the Thiagarajan Lab is to elucidate the mechanism of the hypercoagulable state associated with the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Patients with systemic lupus ...

In room 224 I found a discussion on hypercoagulable states with primo experts like Dr Samuel Z Goldhaber (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA), Dr John Bartholomew (Cleveland Clinic, OH ...

The patient had no history of tobacco or illicit drug abuse. His mother had died at age 41 from a pulmonary embolism believed to have been caused by an unspecified hypercoagulable disorder.

Pathologies that cause abnormal clotting include thromboses in arteries or emboli from deep vein thromboses; these can both restrict blood flow to vital organs. A hypercoagulable state, such as factor ...

Venous thromboembolism occurs commonly throughout the clinical course of patients with brain tumors. A number of hemostatic and clinical factors contribute to this hypercoagulable state. Concern over ...

Anticoagulants prevent blood clots from forming. In some cases, heparin-containing products can cause an extremely hypercoagulable state, in which the blood clots too much. This results in the ...