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9781842142288

Venous Thrombosis in Women: Pregnancy, the Contraceptive Pill and Hormone Replacement Therapy

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  • ISBN13:

    9781842142288

  • ISBN10:

    1842142283

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-04-28
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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Univ. of Glasgow, UK. Text provides an overview of venous thrombosis in women during different stages of life. Discusses hemostasis and fibrinolysis during pregnancy, hemostatic effects of the combined oral contraceptive pill, and the risk factors of hormone replacement. Halftone illustrations. Extensive references.

Table of Contents

Overview of the hemostatic and fibrinolytic systemsp. 7
Physiological changes in hemostasis and fibrinolysis in pregnancyp. 15
Platelets in pregnancyp. 16
Coagulation factorsp. 16
Endogenous anticoagulants and pregnancyp. 17
Fibrinolysisp. 18
Summary: hemostasis in normal pregnancyp. 19
Venous thromboembolism in pregnancyp. 21
The problem of venous thromboembolism in pregnancyp. 22
Risk factors for VTE in pregnancyp. 23
Long-term morbidity from pregnancy-associated VTEp. 26
Pathophysiology of pregnancy-associated VTEp. 27
Thrombophilia and pregnancy-associated venous thrombosisp. 29
Thrombophilia and adverse pregnancy outcomep. 34
Screening for congenital thrombophilia in pregnancyp. 39
Diagnosis of VTE in pregnancyp. 41
Antithrombotic therapy in pregnancyp. 44
Management of acute gestational VTEp. 47
Labor and Cesarean section in the woman with VTE in pregnancyp. 51
Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancyp. 52
Venous thromboembolism and the oral contraceptive pillp. 59
Epidemiology of venous thromboembolism and the oral contraceptive pillp. 60
Heritable thrombophilia and the oral contraceptive pillp. 64
Hemostatic effects of the combined oral contraceptive pillp. 66
Implications for practicep. 66
Venous thromboembolism and hormone replacement therapyp. 69
Epidemiology of venous thromboembolism and hormone replacement therapyp. 70
Potential mechanisms underlying the association between HRT and VTEp. 76
Thrombophilia, HRT and risk of VTEp. 78
Risk factors for VTE and HRTp. 79
HRT and VTE: implications for managementp. 81
Referencesp. 85
Indexp. 107
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