DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 06 · Volume 99 · 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35428

Editorial Focus

  • 985
    Brenner, Benjamin; Jacob, Giris:

    "To drink or not to drink" – is this really the question?

  • 987
    George, James N.:

    Clinical insights from observations on ADAMTS13 deficiency in liver cirrhosis

  • 989
    Ofosu, Frederick A.:

    Differences in the safety profiles of two low-molecular-weight heparins

  • 991
    Patel, Jeetesh V.; Dwivedi, Shridhar; Hughes, Elizabeth A.; Lip, Gregory Y. H.:

    Premature coronary artery disease: An inferred cardiovascular variant or a South Asian genetic disorder?

  • 993
    Caprini, Joseph A.:

    Anticoagulants for thrombosis prophylaxis following surgery: A continuing saga

    • Review Article

  • 995
    Alessi, Marie-Christine; Juhan-Vague, Irène:

    Metabolic syndrome, haemostasis and thrombosis

  • 1001
    Gieseler, Frank:

    Pathophysiological considerations to thrombophilia in the treatment of multiple myeloma with thalidomide and derivates

    • Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

  • 1008
    Flood, Veronica H.; Al-Mondhiry, Hamid A.; Rein, Chantelle M.; Alexander, Kristine S.; Lovely, Rehana S.; Shackleton, Kelley M.; David, Larry L.; Farrell, David H.:

    Fibrinogen Hershey IV: A novel dysfibrinogen with a γV411I mutation in the integrin αIIbβ3 binding site

  • 1013
    Lethagen, Stefan; Hillarp, Andreas; Ekholm, Caroline; Mattson, Eva; Halldén, Christer; Friberg, Britt:

    Distribution of von Willebrand factor levels in young women with and without bleeding symptoms. Influence of ABO blood group and promoter haplotypes

  • 1019
    Uemura, Masahito; Fujimura, Yoshihiro; Matsumoto, Masanori; Ishizashi, Hiromichi; Kato, Seiji; Matsuyama, Tomomi; Isonishi, Ayami; Ishikawa, Masatoshi; Yagita, Masato; Morioka, Chie; Yoshiji, Hitoshi; Tsujimoto, Tatsuhiro; Kurumatani, Norio; Fukui, Hiroshi:

    Comprehensive analysis of ADAMTS13 in patients with liver cirrhosis

  • 1030
    Rossi, Elena; Za, Tommaso; Ciminello, Angela; Leone, Giuseppe; Stefano, Valerio De:

    The risk of symptomatic pulmonary embolism due to proximal deep venous thrombosis differs in patients with different types of inherited thrombophilia

  • 1035
    Daneschvar, H. Leon; Seddighzadeh, Ali; Piazza, Gregory; Goldhaber, Samuel Z.:

    Deep vein thrombosis in patients with chronic kidney disease

  • 1040
    Negaard, Helene F. S.; Iversen, Per Ole; Østenstad, Bjørn; Iversen, Nina; Holme, Pål A.; Sandset, Per Morten:

    Hypercoagulability in patients with haematological neoplasia: No apparent initiation by tissue factor

  • 1049
    Kistler, Urs; Quervain, Inès Kramers-de; Munzinger, Urs; Kucher, Nils:

    Bleeding complications after systematic switch of routine thromboprophylaxis for major orthopaedic surgery

  • 1053
    Schreijer, Anja J. M.; Cannegieter, Suzanne C.; Caramella, Marianna; Meijers, Joost C. M.; Krediet, Raymond T.; Simons, Ries M.; Rosendaal, Frits R.:

    Fluid loss does not explain coagulation activation during air travel

  • 1060
    Carlsson, Katarina Steen; Astermark, Jan; Donfield, Sharyne; Berntorp, Erik:

    Cost and outcome: Comparisons of two alternative bypassing agents for persons with haemophilia A complicated by an inhibitor

    • Platelets and Blood Cells

  • 1068
    van Lier, Marjolijn; Verhoef, Sandra; Cauwenberghs, Sandra; Heemskerk, Johan W. M.; Akkerman, Jan-Willem N.; Heijnen, Harry F. G.:

    Role of membrane cholesterol in platelet calcium signalling in response to VWF and collagen under stasis and flow

  • 1079
    Muscari, Antonio; Pascalis, Susanna De; Cenni, Andrea; Ludovico, Cosimo; Castaldini, Nicola; Antonelli, Serafina; Bianchi, Giampaolo; Magalotti, Donatella; Zoli, Marco:

    Determinants of mean platelet volume (MPV) in an elderly population: Relevance of body fat, blood glucose and ischaemic electrocardiographic changes

    • Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

  • 1085
    Rallidis, Loukianos S.; Politou, Marianna; Komporozos, Christoforos; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.; Belessi, Chrisoula I.; Travlou, Anthi; Lekakis, John; Kremastinos, Dimitrios T.:

    Factor XIII Val34Leu polymorphism and the risk of myocardial infarction under the age of 36 years

    • New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

  • 1090
    Lavigne-Lissalde, Geraldine; Tarrade, Catherine; Lapalud, Priscilla; Chtourou, Sami; Schved, Jean-François; Granier, Claude; Villard-Saussine, Sylvie:

    Simultaneous detection and epitope mapping of anti-factor VIII antibodies

  • 1097
    Bauman, Mary E.; Black, Karina L.; Massicotte, Mary P.; Bauman, Michelle L.; Kuhle, Stefan; Howlett-Clyne, Susan; Cembrowski, George S.; Bajzar, Laszlo:

    Accuracy of the CoaguChek XS for point-of-care international normalized ratio (INR) measurement in children requiring warfarin

  • 1104
    Bottaro, Federico Jorge; Elizondo, Maria Cristina; Doti, Carlos; Bruetman, Julio Enrique; Moreno, Pablo Diego Perez; Bullorsky, Eduardo Oscar; Ceresetto, Jose Manuel:

    Efficacy of extended thrombo-prophylaxis in major abdominal surgery: What does the evidence show?

  • 1112
    Monreal, Manuel; Peidro, Luis; Resines, Carlos; Garcés, Carlos; Fernández, José Luís; Garagorri, Eduardo; González, Juan Carlos; for the NETCOT Investigators:

    Limited diagnostic workup for deep vein thrombosis after major joint surgery

    • Case Report

  • 1116
    Picchi, Andrea; Pasqualini, Paola; D’Aiello, Incoronata; Cortese, Bernardo; Micheli, Andrea; Limbruno, Ugo:

    Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 15-year-old boy with celiac disease and multifactorial thrombotic risk

    • Letters to the Editor

  • 1119
    Bellucci, Sylvia; Cassinat, Bruno; Bonnin, Nadine; Marzac, Christophe; Crassard, Isabelle:

    The V617F JAK 2 mutation is not a frequent event in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis without overt chronic myeloproliferative disorder

  • 1121
    Stefano, Valerio De; Rossi, Elena; Za, Tommaso; Chiusolo, Patrizia; Leone, Giuseppe:

    The JAK2 V617F mutation in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: A rebuttal

  • 1122
    Favaloro, Emmanuel J.:

    Stability of coagulation assays performed in plasma from citrated whole blood transported at ambient temperature: Only a part of the story

  • 1123
    Alberio, Lorenzo; Lammle, Bernhard:

    Stability of coagulation assays performed in plasma from citrated whole blood transported at ambient temperature: only a part of the story. Reply to E. J. Favaloro

  • 1124
    Nicaise-Roland, Pascale; Aurousseau, Marie-Hélène; Delaval, Anne; Grootenboer-Mignot, Sabine; Hurtado, Margarita; Carbillon, Lionel; Fain, Olivier; Uzan, Michele; Lachassine, Eric; Boffa, Marie-Claire; Chollet-Martin, Sylvie:

    Levels of anticardiolipin and anti-β2-glycoprotein I antibodies in healthy newborn cord sera

  • 1127
    Johnson, Andrew; Dovlatova, Natalia; Heptinstall, Stan:

    Multiple electrode aggregometry and P2Y12 antagonists

  • 1129
    Crescente, Marilena; Castelnuovo, Augusto Di; Iacoviello, Licia; de Gaetano, Giovanni; Cerletti, Chiara:

    PFA-100 closure time to predict cardiovascular events in aspirin-treated cardiovascular patients: A meta-analysis of 19 studies comprising 3,003 patients

  • 1132
    Vayá, Amparo; Gómez, Inés; Mira, Yolanda; Ferrando, Fernando; Corella, Dolores:

    Homocysteine levels in patients with deep vein thrombosis lacking thrombophilic defects

  • 1134
    Lippi, Giuseppe; Favaloro, Emmanuel J.:

    Cardiac biomarkers in pulmonary embolism