A Rare Case of Thromboembolism in a 21-year Old Female with Elevated Factor VIII

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 592-594

  Bosma, J ^a,b   Rijbroek, A ^b   Rauwerda, J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor VIII; Peripheral embolism; Spontaneous aortic thrombus; Young patients

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UROKINASE; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFARCTION; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; AORTIC DISEASES; EMBOLECTOMY; FACTOR V; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON; SMOKING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 34848825013     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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