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hypercoagulability

[‚hī·pər·kō‚ag·yə·lə′bil·əd·ē]
(medicine)
Coagulation of blood more rapidly than normal.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Thrombophilia is a condition with a predisposition to develop thrombosis (e.g., blood clots) due to either an inherited or acquired defect in the coagulation system.
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On subsequent investigation for thrombophilia profile, homocysteine level was moderately increased (42 micromole/litre) (Table 1), and rest coagulation profile was unremarkable.
Hyperhomocysteinemia in a Patient with Moyamoya Disease
Thrombophilia work-up of future cases may shed light on the association between this serious thrombotic event and an underlying thrombophilia such as protein S deficiency.
Umbilical Artery Thrombosis with Associated Acute and Severe Fetal Growth Restriction and Transient Severe Protein S Deficiency: Report of a Case with Prenatal Ultrasound Diagnosis Allowing for Timely Intervention and Good Outcome
Amongst the 18 tested for an underlying thrombophilia, four (40.0%) had protein C deficiency, five (50.0%) had protein S deficiency, and two (33.3%) had antithrombin deficiency.
Portal Vein Thrombosis in Adult Omani Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Clinical management of Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome and genetic thrombophilia. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2009; 20:733.
Cerebrovascular Events Secondary to Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Based on Genetic Heterogeneity
In addition, thrombophilia work-up revealed a high level of homocysteine (16.2 [micro]mol/L, normal <13.8 [micro]mol/L) in the blood.
EXTENSIVE DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN A YOUNG MALE PATIENT AS THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF A RARE VENOUS ANOMALY--INFERIOR VENA CAVA DUPLICATION: CASE REPORT
The patient's hereditary thrombophilia (the protein S deficiency) also played an important part and was probably the reason why the first paraneoplastic manifestation presented as a thrombosis of major veins.
Inferior Vena Cava and Renal Vein Thrombosis Associated with Thymic Carcinoma
In our case, due to multiple embolic phenomena and increased risk of new embolization in this patient with thrombophilia, we decided to proceed with surgical thrombectomy with an excellent clinical outcome.
Large Left Ventricular Thrombus in a Patient with Systemic and Venous Thromboembolism Secondary to Protein C and S Deficiency
Her thrombophilia work-up was positive for a prothrombin G20210A gene mutation in heterozygous form.
Acute Unilateral Renal Infarction in the Setting of an Inherited Thrombophilia and Atrial Septal Defect
There were no arguments for an acquired thrombophilia (normal hemogram test and renal function, absence of lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin and anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies).
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We investigated the patient for thrombophilia before starting oral anticoagulation, and found him in a heterozygous state for MTHFR C 667 T mutation, as his only single anomaly.
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