arterial thromboembolism
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Etiology
- atrial or ventricular thrombus
- valvular heart disease
- hypercoagulability
- atherosclerosis
- vasospastic disease (Raynaud's phenomenon)
- patent foramen ovale, maybe not
- venous thromboembolism with patent ductus arteriosus
- fibromuscular dsyplasia
- vasculitis
- external arterial compression
- erythrocytosis increases risk of myocardial infarction[2]
Complications
- embolic stroke
- infarction of other organ
Management
- arterial thrombosis due to atherosclerosis is treated with antiplatelet therapy[1]
- see atrial fibrillation
- see antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- see endocardi
More general terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Warny M, Helby J, Birgens HS et al. Arterial and venous thrombosis by high platelet count and high hematocrit: 108,521 individuals from the Copenhagen General Population Study. J Thromb Haemost 2019 Jul 15; PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31309714 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jth.14574