TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thrombosis and Hemostasis A1 - Ravindranathan, Deepak A1 - Gaddh, Manila A2 - Nazzal, Munier A2 - Blebea, John A2 - Osman, Mohamed F. PY - 2024 T2 - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management AB - The coagulation system is comprised of both pro-coagulant and anticoagulant factors and serves an important function of maintaining the integrity of the circulatory system in the body. Under normal homoeostatic conditions, the balance between the body’s coagulation pathway and natural anticoagulants maintains blood in a state to allow unobstructed flow through the blood vessels. When there is a breach in the vasculature, the coagulation pathway is activated and fibrin clot is formed through a physiological process called hemostasis. Disorders of hemostasis can result in excessive or abnormal bleeding. On the other hand, activation of the coagulation pathway within intact blood vessels leads to pathological (as opposed to physiological) clotting or thrombosis. Thrombi can form in veins and/or arteries with possibly different mechanisms leading to thrombosis in these different vascular settings. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200675836 ER -