Heritable thrombophilia Possible heritable component Acquired risk factors for venous thrombosis Antithrombin deficiency High factor VIII/VWF Increasing age (over 35 in pregnancy) Protein C deficiency High factor IX Pregnancy Protein…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Hannah Cohen and Patrick O’Brien (eds.)Disorders of Thrombosis and Hemostasis in Pregnancy10.1007/978-3-319-15120-5_1 1. Hemostatic Changes in Normal Pregnancy Carolyn M. Millar1 and Michael Laffan1 (1) Centre for Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College,…
Fig. 2.1 Coagulation mechanism and targets for action of different anticoagulants. UFH unfractionated heparin, AT antithrombin, LMWH low-molecular-weight heparin The amount of activated factor X is further enhanced by the…
