Changes in blood coagulation of arm and leg veins during a simulated long-haul flight

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-300

  Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^a   Mittermayr, Markus ^b   Fries, Dietmar ^b   Innerhofer, Petra ^b   Klingler, Anton ^b   Faulhaber, Martin ^c   Gunga, Hanns Christian ^d   Streif, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Fibrinolysis; Long haul flights; Thrombelastography; Travel thrombosis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; TIME; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARM; BLOOD COAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VEINS;

EID: 33845587579     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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