DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 01 · Volume 99 · 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35402

Editorial Focus

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  • Review Article

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    Stasi, Roberto; Evangelista, Maria Laura; Stipa, Elisa; Buccisano, Francesco; Venditti, Adriano; Amadori, Sergio:

    Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Current concepts in pathophysiology and management

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    Crescente, Marilena; Castelnuovo, Augusto Di; Iacoviello, Licia; Vermylen, Jos; Cerletti, Chiara; Gaetano, Giovanni de:

    Response variability to aspirin as assessed by the platelet function analyzer (PFA)-100

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    Chaukiyal, Pooja; Nautiyal, Amit; Radhakrishnan, Sangeetha; Singh, Sonal; Navaneethan, Sankar D:

    Thromboprophylaxis in cancer patients with central venous catheters

  • Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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    Musso, Roberto; Santagostino, Elena; Faradji, Albert; Iorio, Alfonso; Meer, Jan van der; Ingerslev, Jørgen; Lambert, Thierry; Maas-Enriquez, Monika; Gorina, Eduard; for the KOGENATE Bayer European PMS Study Group:

    Safety and efficacy of sucrose-formulated full-length recombinant factor VIII: Experience in the standard clinical setting

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    Pomp, Elisabeth R; Rosendaal, Frits R; Doggen, Carine J. M:

    Alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk of venous thrombosis

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    Schols, Saskia E. M; Meijden, Paola E. J. van der; Oerle, René van; Curvers, Joyce; Heemskerk, Johan W. M; Pampus, Elisabeth C. M. van:

    Increased thrombin generation and fibrinogen level after therapeutic plasma transfusion: Relation to bleeding

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    Schobess, Rosemarie; Kurnik, Karin; Friedrichs, Frauke; Halimeh, Susan; Krümpel, Anne; Bidlingmaier, Christoph; Nowak-Göttl, Ulrike:

    Effects of primary and secondary prophylaxis on the clinical expression of joint damage in children with severe haemophilia A

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    Kist, Willem J; Janssen, Nard G; Kalk, Jakoba J; Hague, William M; Dekker, Gustaaf A; de Vries, Johanna I. P.:

    Thrombophilias and adverse pregnancy outcome – A confounded problem!

  • Platelets and Blood Cells

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    Ray, Denise M; Spinelli, Sherry L; Pollock, Stephen J; Murant, Thomas I; O’Brien, Jamie J; Blumberg, Neil; Francis, Charles W; Taubman, Mark B; Phipps, Richard P:

    Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and retinoid X receptor transcription factors are released from activated human platelets and shed in microparticles

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    Mori, Daisuke; Yano, Koichiro; Tsubota, Ken-ichi; Ishikawa, Takuji; Wada, Shigeo; Yamaguchi, Takami:

    Simulation of platelet adhesion and aggregation regulated by fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor

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    Sibbing, Dirk; Braun, Siegmund; Jawansky, Stefan; Vogt, Wolfgang; Mehilli, Julinda; Schömig, Albert; Kastrati, Adnan; Beckerath, Nicolas von:

    Assessment of ADP-induced platelet aggregation with light transmission aggregometry and multiple electrode platelet aggregometry before and after clopidogrel treatment

  • Letters to the Editor

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    Folsom, Aaron R; Peacock, James M; Boerwinkle, Eric; Cushman, Mary:

    β2-adrenergic receptor polymorphism and venous thromboembolism

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    Palareti, Gualtiero; Agnelli, Giancarlo; Imberti, Davide; Moia, Marco; Ageno, Walter; Pistelli, Riccardo; Rossi, Romina; Verso, Melina; for the MASTER investigators:

    A commentary: To screen for calf DVT or not to screen? The highly variable practice among Italian centers highlights this important and still unresolved clinical option. Results from the Italian MASTER registry

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    Marianne, Canonico; Valérie, Olié; Laure, Carcaillon; Pascale, Tubert-Bitter; Pierre-Yves, Scarabin; the EStrogen and THromboEmbolism Risk (ESTHER) Study Group; on behalf of:

    Synergism between non-O blood group and oral estrogen in the risk of venous thromboembolism among postmenopausal women: The ESTHER study

  • Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

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    Lijfering, Willem M; Vries, Aiko P. J. de; Veeger, Nic J. G. M; Son, Willem J. van; Bakker, Stephan J. L; Meer, Jan van der:

    Possible contribution of cytomegalovirus infection to the high risk of (recurrent) venous thrombosis after renal transplantation

  • Endothelium and Vascular Development

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    Nadir, Yona; Brenner, Benjamin; Gingis-Velitski, Sveta; Levy-Adam, Flonia; Ilan, Neta; Zcharia, Eyal; Nadir, Erez; Vlodavsky, Israel:

    Heparanase induces tissue factor pathway inhibitor expression and extracellular accumulation in endothelial and tumor cells

  • Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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    Butenas, Saulius; Undas, Anetta; Gissel, Matthew T; Szuldrzynski, Konstanty; Zmudka, Krzysztof; Mann, Kenneth G:

    Factor XIa and tissue factor activity in patients with coronary artery disease

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    Zeymer, Uwe; Gitt, Anselm; Jünger, Claus; Bauer, Timm; Heer, Tobias; Koeth, Oliver; Wienbergen, Harm; Zahn, Ralf; Senges, Jochen:

    Efficacy and safety of enoxaparin in unselected patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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    Zeymer, Uwe; Gitt, Anselm K; Jünger, Claus; Bauer, Timm; Koeth, Oliver; Heer, Tobias; Mark, Bernd; Zahn, Ralf; Gottwik, Martin; Senges, Jochen:

    Clopidogrel in addition to aspirin reduces in-hospital major cardiac and cerebrovascular events in unselected patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial

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    Angiolillo, Dominick J; Bernardo, Esther; Palazuelos, Jorge; Desai, Bhaloo; Weisberg, Ian; Alfonso, Fernando; Guzman, Luis A; Hernández-Antolin, Rosana; Zenni, Martin Z; Macaya, Carlos; Fernandez-Ortiz, Antonio; Bass, Theodore A:

    Functional impact of high clopidogrel maintenance dosing in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary interventions

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    Shenhar-Tsarfaty, Shani; Assayag, Einor Ben; Bova, Irena; Shopin, Ludmila; Cohen, Michael; Berliner, Shlomo; Shapira, Itzhak; Bornstein, Natan M:

    Persistent hyperfibrinogenemia in acute ischemic stroke / transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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    Trenk, Dietmar; Hochholzer, Willibald; Frundi, Devine; Stratz, Christian; Valina, Christian M; Bestehorn, Hans-Peter; Büttner, Heinz Joachim; Neumann, Franz-Josef:

    Impact of cytochrome P450 3A4-metabolized statins on the antiplatelet effect of a 600-mg loading dose clopidogrel and on clinical outcome in patients undergoing elective coronary stent placement

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    Spring, Silviana; Simon, Roger; Loo, Bernd van der; Kovacevic, Tamara; Brockes, Christiane; Rousson, Valentin; Amann-Vesti, Beatrice; Koppensteiner, Renate:

    High-dose atorvastatin in peripheral arterial disease (PAD): Effect on endothelial function, intima-media-thickness and local progression of PAD

  • Animal Models

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    Schulz, Christian; Konrad, Ildiko; Sauer, Susanne; Orschiedt, Lena; Koellnberger, Maria; Lorenz, Reinhard; Walter, Ulrich; Massberg, Steffen:

    Effect of chronic treatment with acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel on atheroprogression and atherothrombosis in ApoE-deficient mice in vivo

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    Torzewski, Michael; Reifenberg, Kurt; Cheng, Fei; Wiese, Elena; Küpper, Ines; Crain, Jeanine; Lackner, Karl J; Bhakdi, Sucharit:

    No effect of C-reactive protein on early atherosclerosis in LDLR-/- / human C-reactive protein transgenic mice

  • New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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    Constans, Joel; Salmi, Louis-Rachid; Sevestre-Pietri, Marie-Antoinette; Perusat, Sophie; Nguon, Monika; Degeilh, Maryse; Labarere, Jose; Gattolliat, Olivier; Boulon, Carine; Laroche, Jean-Pierre; Roux, Philippe Le; Pichot, Olivier; Quéré, Isabelle; Conri, Claude; Bosson, Jean-Luc:

    A clinical prediction score for upper extremity deep venous thrombosis

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    Jakubowski, Joseph A; Payne, Christopher D; Li, Ying G; Farid, Nagy A; Brandt, John T; Small, David S; Salazar, Daniel E; Winters, Kenneth J:

    A comparison of the antiplatelet effects of prasugrel and high-dose clopidogrel as assessed by VASP-phosphorylation and light transmission aggregometry

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    Couturaud, Francis; Duchemin, Jèrôme; Leroyer, Christophe; Delahousse, Bènèdicte; Abgrall, Jean François; Mottier, Dominique; for the Groupe d’Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale (G.E.T.B.O):

    Thrombin generation in first-degree relatives of patients with venous thromboembolism who have factor V Leiden

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    Gibson, Nadine S; Sohne, Maaike; Kruip, Marieke J. H. A; Tick, Lidwine W; Gerdes, Victor E; Bossuyt, Patrick M; Wells, Philip S; Buller, Harry R; the Christopher study investigators; on behalf of:

    Further validation and simplification of the Wells clinical decision rule in pulmonary embolism

  • New Technologies. Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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  • Case Report

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