Clinical aspects of hypercoagulable states

Hypercoagulable states in cardiovascular disease.

Certain individuals may have an abnormal propensity to develop venous or arterial thrombosis and either experience thromboembolic events relatively early in life or suffer recurring events.1 This well-described clinical phenomenon, paralleled by familial clustering of thrombotic phenotypes, has led to a comprehensive search for inherited and acquired forms of hypercoagulability as part of the c...

Clinical aspects of contact hypersensitivity

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Hypercoagulable states in primary upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis.

BACKGROUND There are very few data on the prevalence of coagulation abnormalities in primary deep vein thrombosis of the upper limbs. OBJECTIVE To determine if coagulation abnormalities play a role in effort-related and/or idiopathic (non-effort-related) upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT). METHODS Fifty-one consecutive patients (21 men and 30 women) who had effort-related (n = 20)...

The Mediterranean diet in hypercoagulable states and cancer.

MM The traditional Mediterranean diet refers to the dietary pattern that was typical until the mid-1960s of people living in the areas of the Mediterranean basin where olive trees grow, such as Greece, Southern Italy, and Spain. It is characterized by the use of olive oil as the main culinary fat; high consumption of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, and unprocessed cereals; moderate consumpti...

Mystical states of consciousness: neurophysiological and clinical aspects.