Circulating contact-pathway-activating microparticles together with factors IXa and XIa induce spontaneous clotting in plasma of hematology and cardiologic patients.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Using an in vitro experimental model of immobilized tissue factor-initiated clot growth in platelet-free plasma (thrombodynamics), we observed formation of activator-independent isolated spontaneous clots (SC) throughout the plasma volume in patients with cardiac infarction...

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Main Authors: Elena Lipets, Olga Vlasova, Evdokiya Urnova, Oleg Margolin, Anna Soloveva, Olga Ostapushchenko, John Andersen, Fazoil Ataullakhanov, Mikhail Panteleev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3909194?pdf=render