DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 01 · Volume 101 · 2009 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35451

Editoral

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Preissner, Klaus T.; Lip, Gregory Y. H.: Face to face with basic and clinical research in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Editorial Focus

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Eikelboom, John E.; Weitz, Jeffrey I.: Dabigatran etexilate for prevention of venous thromboembolism
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Dentali, Francesco; Gianni, Monica: VTE recurrence in patients with inherited deficiencies of natural anticoagulants
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Goldhaber, Samuel Z.: Pulmonary embolism diagnosis: Remember the history and physical exam
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Zimarino, Marco; Caterina, Raffaele De: Drug-eluting balloons for percutaneous coronary interventions
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Calatzis, Andreas: Another view on prasugrel

Viewpoint Article

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Serebruany, Victor; Shalito, Inna; Kopyleva, Olga: Prasugrel development – Claims and achievements

Clinical Focus

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Hobson, Alex; Curzen, Nick: Improving outcomes with antiplatelet therapies in percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting
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Squizzato, Alessandro; Ageno, Walter: The 8th American College of Chest Physicians Guidelines – A perspective on venous thromboembolism guidelines

Review Article

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Adib-Conquy, Minou; Cavaillon, Jean-Marc: Compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome
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Hurks, Rob; Peeters, Wouter; Derksen, Wouter J. M.; Hellings, Willem E.; Hoefer, Imo E.; Moll, Frans L.; de Kleijn, Dominique P. V.; Pasterkamp, Gerard: Biobanks and the search for predictive biomarkers of local and systemic outcome in atherosclerotic disease

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Yegneswaran, Subramanian; Nguyen, Phuong M.; Gale, Andrew J.; Griffin, John H.: Prothrombin amino terminal region helps protect coagulation factor Va from proteolytic inactivation by activated protein C
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Pomp, Elisabeth R.; Doggen, Carine J. M.; Vos, Hans L.; Reitsma, Pieter H.; Rosendaal, Frits R.: Polymorphisms in the protein C gene as risk factor for venous thrombosis
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Turpie, Alexander G. G.; Bauer, Kenneth A.; Davidson, Bruce L.; Fisher, William D.; Gent, Michael; Huo, Michael H.; Sinha, Uma; Gretler, Daniel D.; for the EXPERT Study Group: A randomized evaluation of betrixaban, an oral factor Xa inhibitor, for prevention of thromboembolic events after total knee replacement (EXPERT)
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Wolowacz, Sorrel E.; Roskell, Neil S.; Plumb, Jonathan M.; Caprini, Joseph A.; Eriksson, Bengt I.: Efficacy and safety of dabigatran etexilate for the prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee arthroplasty
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Bauman, Mary E.; Belletrutti, Mark J.; Bajzar, Laszlo; Black, Karina L.; Kuhle, Stefan; Bauman, Michelle L.; Massicotte, M. Patricia: Evaluation of enoxaparin dosing requirements in infants and children
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Brouwer, Jan-Leendert P.; Lijfering, Willem M.; Kate, Min Ki ten; Kluin-Nelemans, Hanneke C.; Veeger, Nic J. G. M.; van der Meer, Jan: High long-term absolute risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with hereditary deficiencies of protein S, protein C or antithrombin
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Neville, Carolyn; Rauch, Joyce; Kassis, Jeannine; Solymoss, Susan; Joseph, Lawrence; Belisle, Patrick; Levine, Jerrold M.; Fortin, Paul R.: Antiphospholipid antibodies predict imminent vascular events independently from other risk factors in a prospective cohort

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Wong, Pancras C.; Watson, Carol A.; Hua, Ji; Schumacher, William A.; Rehfuss, Robert: Clopidogrel versus prasugrel in rabbits
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Sollier, Claire Bal dit; Berge, Natacha; Boval, Bernadette; Hovsepian, Lionel: Functional variability of platelet response to clopidogrel correlates with P2Y12 receptor occupancy
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Kunicki, Thomas J.; Williams, Shirley A.; Nugent, Diane J.; Harrison, Paul; Segal, Helen C.; Syed, Anila; Rothwell, Peter M.: Lack of association between aspirin responsiveness and seven candidate gene haplotypes in patients with symptomatic vascular disease

Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

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Matta, Fadi; Singala, Ravinder; Yaekoub, Abdo Y.; Najjar, Reiad; Stein, Paul D.: Risk of venous thromboembolism with rheumatoid arthritis
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Shorr, Andrew F.; Williams, Mark D.: Venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients

Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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Haapaniemi, Elena; Helenius, Johanna; Jakovljeviâ, Dimitrije; Soinne, Lauri; Syrjälä, Martti; Kaste, Markku; Lassila, Riitta; Tatlisumak, Turgut: Ischaemic stroke patients with heterozygous factor V Leiden present with multiple brain infarctions and widespread atherothrombotic disease
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Grove, Erik Lerkevang; Hvas, Anne-Mette; Kristensen, Steen Dalby: Immature platelets in patients with acute coronary syndromes
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Malmström, Rickard E.; Settergren, Magnus; Böhm, Felix; Pernow, John; Hjemdahl, Paul: No effect of lipid lowering on platelet activity in patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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Smedt, Erik De; Wagenvoord, Rob; Hemker, Coen H.: The technique of measuring thrombin generation with fluorogenic substrates: 3. The effects of sample dilution
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Hemker, Coen H.; Hemker, Pieter W.; Dieri, Raed Al: The technique of measuring thrombin generation with fluorescent substrates: 4. The H-transform, a mathematical procedure to obtain thrombin concentrations without external calibration
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Moffat, Karen M.; Ledford-Kraemer, Marlies R.; Plumhoff, Elizabeth A.; McKay, Heather; Nichols, William L.; Meijer, Piet; Hayward, Catherine P.: Are laboratories following published recommendations for lupus anticoagulant testing?
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Devreese, Katrien; Peerlinck, Kathelijne; Arnout, Jef; Hoylaerts, Marc F.: Laboratory detection of the antiphospholipid syndrome via calibrated automated thrombography
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Douma, Renée A.; Gibson, Nadine S.; Gerdes, Victor E. A.; Büller, Harry R.; Wells, Philip S.; Perrier, Arnaud; Gal, Grégoire Le: Validity and clinical utility of the simplified Wells rule for assessing clinical probability for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism
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Cremers, Bodo; Speck, Ulrich; Kaufels, Nicola; Mahnkopf, Dirk; Kühler, Michael; Böhm, Michael; Scheller, Bruno: Drug-eluting balloon: Very short-term exposure and overlapping

Letters to the Editor

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Jámbor, Csilla; Weber, Christian F.; Lau, Antje; Spannagl, Michael; Zwissler, Bernhard: Multiple electrode aggregometry for ex-vivo detection of the anti-platelet effect of non-opioid analgesic drugs
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Mäkelburg, Anja B. U.; Lijfering, Willem M.; Middeldorp, Saskia; Hamulyák, Karly; Veeger, Nic J. G. M.; Prins, Martin H.; Büller, Harry R.; Meer, Jan van der: Low absolute risk of venous and arterial thrombosis in hyperhomocysteinaemia – A prospective family cohort study in asymptomatic subjects
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Cam-Duchez, Véronique Le; Barbay, Virginie; Sollier, Claire Bal dit; Drouet, Ludovic; Coudert, Mathieu; Soria, Claudine; Borg, Jeanne-Yvonne: Haplotypic or genotypic combinations of three protein Z polymorphisms influence protein Z plasma level
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Borgel, Delphine; Durand, Eric; Clauser, Sylvain; Bachelot-Loza, Christilla; Peyrard, Séverine; Remones, Véronique; Aiach, Martine; Lafont, Antoine: Plasma Gas6 levels and coronary artery disease