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Embolism and Thrombosis

MedGen UID:
43147
Concept ID:
C0085307
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Thrombosis and Embolism

Definition

A collective term for pathological conditions which are caused by the formation of a blood clot (THROMBUS) in a blood vessel, or by blocking of a blood vessel with an EMBOLUS, undissolved materials in the blood stream. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ballestri S, Romagnoli E, Arioli D, Coluccio V, Marrazzo A, Athanasiou A, Di Girolamo M, Cappi C, Marietta M, Capitelli M
Adv Ther 2023 Jan;40(1):41-66. Epub 2022 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02333-9. PMID: 36244055Free PMC Article
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Tukaye DN, Brink H, Baliga R
Future Cardiol 2016 Mar;12(2):221-35. Epub 2016 Feb 26 doi: 10.2217/fca.15.87. PMID: 26919091

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Diagnosis

Sepcić J, Sepić-Grahovac D, Strenja-Grubesić J, Antonelli L, Andrasević D
Neurol Croat 1992;41(3):157-61. PMID: 1463800
Nagpal RD
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Therapy

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Prognosis

Tamme K, Reintam Blaser A, Laisaar KT, Mändul M, Kals J, Forbes A, Kiss O, Acosta S, Bjørck M, Starkopf J
BMJ Open 2022 Oct 25;12(10):e062846. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062846. PMID: 36283747Free PMC Article
Ameri A, Bousser MG
Neurol Clin 1992 Feb;10(1):87-111. PMID: 1557011
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Nagpal RD
Neurosurg Rev 1983;6(3):155-60. doi: 10.1007/BF01742767. PMID: 6371593
FRIEDBERG CK
Bull N Y Acad Med 1964 Jul;40(7):522-31. PMID: 14150924Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Renna SA, Zhao X, Kunapuli SP, Ma P, Holinstat M, Boxer MB, Maloney DJ, Michael JV, McKenzie SE
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2023 Oct;43(10):1808-1817. Epub 2023 Jun 22 doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319434. PMID: 37345522
Pierik R, Algra A, van Dijk E, Erasmus ME, van Gelder IC, Koudstaal PJ, Luijckx GR, Nederkoorn PJ, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Ruigrok YM, Scheeren TWL, Uyttenboogaart M, Visser MC, Wermer MJH, van den Bergh WM; on behalf of the Parelsnoer Institute-Cerebrovascular Accident Study Group
Cerebrovasc Dis 2020;49(1):97-104. Epub 2020 Jan 21 doi: 10.1159/000505616. PMID: 31962331
Martins TD, Annichino-Bizzacchi JM, Romano AVC, Filho RM
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2019 Jan-Dec;25:1076029619895323. doi: 10.1177/1076029619895323. PMID: 31858829Free PMC Article
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Sepcić J, Sepić-Grahovac D, Strenja-Grubesić J, Antonelli L, Andrasević D
Neurol Croat 1992;41(3):157-61. PMID: 1463800

Recent systematic reviews

Tamme K, Reintam Blaser A, Laisaar KT, Mändul M, Kals J, Forbes A, Kiss O, Acosta S, Bjørck M, Starkopf J
BMJ Open 2022 Oct 25;12(10):e062846. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062846. PMID: 36283747Free PMC Article
Lundbech M, Krag AE, Iversen LH, Hvas AM
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Burnham K, Reinert JP
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2020 Jul;13(7):779-786. Epub 2020 Jun 4 doi: 10.1080/17512433.2020.1776110. PMID: 32476505
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