2000, VOLUME 17, SUPPLEMENT A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HEMOSTASIS
- THROMBOSIS
Theory and Clinical Practice
GUEST EDITORS
Ch.D. Michalopoulos
T. Mandalaki
preface
lectures
The clotting mechanism and how
to determine its phenotype
Regulation of coagulation by
the antithrombotic protein C pathway
Genetic risk factors of thrombophilia
Epidemiology of arterial thrombosis.
Gene-environment interaction, risk factors for coronary heart disease
The pathogenesis and laboratory
findings of atherosclerosis from hemostasis standpoint
Hemostasis and inflammation in
cardiovascular risk.
Emerging concepts from genetic epidemiology
The relationship between wine
consumption and vascular risk.
From epidemiological evidence to biological plausibility
Thromboprophylaxis: Focus on
high risk orthopedic surgery
and the novel oral direct thrombin inhibitor H 376/95, and its active
form melagatran
Optimal duration of anticoagulation
therapy after venous thromboembolism
Platelets, atherothrombosis and
new routes of inhibition
Treatment of deep vein thrombosis
and pulmonary embolism
Pre- and post-graduate teaching
of hemostasis and thrombosis
round table discussion
EDUCATION ON HEMOSTASIS
Hemostasis in the curriculum
of the graduate and formal post-graduate medical studies
Hemostasis in the curriculum
of the specialty of hematology
and within the context of continuing medical education
The need for introducing training
in hemostasis in the curriculum
of the specialty of vascular surgery
The need for introducing training
in hemostasis in the curriculum
of the specialty of Cardiology
The need for introducing training
in hemostasis in the curriculum
of the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology
General discussion
original papers
The application of air-plethysmography
in the assessment of deep vein thrombosis
Results of diagnostic studies
for thrombophilia in a group of patients
with a medical history of arterial or venous thrombosis
Experience of monitoring patients
in the anticoagulant therapy
Molecular and biological hemostasis
markers in healthy offspring
of patients with coronary artery disease
Genetic abnormalities related
to the hemostatic balance of hypertensive patients
Hemostatic balance disturbances
in hypertensive patients and prehypertensive individuals
A comparative study of a combination
of antiplatelet drugs versus warfarin
in controlling left ventricular thrombi formation
Fibrin degradation products (D-dimers)
in acute myocardial infarction
