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Deep Vein Thrombosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Medical Management
Deep Vein Thrombosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Medical Management
Fibrin and extracellular DNA complexed with histone proteins forms the outer scaffold ,
used to determining thrombus susceptibility to tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) and
thrombolysis
DEFECT in
• the protein C anticoagulant pathway (protein C, protein S,
risk of thrombus formation↑
thrombomodulin, and perhaps EPCR)
• heparin-antithrombin pathway
• tissue factor inhibitor pathway