DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 05 · Volume 100 · 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35424

Editorial Focus

727
Squizzato, Alessandro; Gerdes, Victor E. A.: Thyroid disease and haemostasis – a relationship with clinical implications?
729
Xiang, Yao-Zu: Adrenoreceptors, platelet reactivity and clopidogrel resistance
731
Goodall, Alison H.: A radical explanation for the effect of the HPA-1b polymorphism in platelet αIIbβ3-integrin?
733
Goldhaber, Samuel Z.: Clues to early death from symptomatic pulmonary embolism in subjects presenting as outpatients
735
Shenkman, Boris: Thrombotic complications in thalassemic patients: Contribution of red blood cells and platelets
736
Meyer, Guy: Are we ready to start outpatient treatment for pulmonary embolism?
738
Rüegg, Curzio; Tissot, Jean-Daniel; Farmer, Pierre; Mariotti, Agnese: Omics meets hypothesis-driven research

Clinical Focus

747
Becattini, Cecilia; Agnelli, Giancarlo: Predictors of mortality from pulmonary embolism and their influence on clinical management

Pro/Contra Article

752
Rubboli, Andrea; Halperin, Jonathan L.: Pro: ‘Antithrombotic therapy with warfarin, aspirin and clopidogrel is the recommended regime in anticoagulated patients who present with an acute coronary syndrome and/or undergo percutaneous coronary interventions’
754
Roldán, Vanessa; Marín, Francisco: Contra: 'Antithrombotic therapy with warfarin, aspirin and clopidogrel is the recommended regimen in anticoagulated patients who present with an acute coronary syndrome and/or undergo percutaneous coronary interventions'

Review Article

756
Janjua, Muhammad; Badshah, Aaref; Matta, Fadi; Danescu, Liviu G.; Yaekoub, Abdo Y.; Stein, Paul D.: Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism as outpatients or following early discharge

Rapid and Short Communication

762
Salama, Abdulgabar; Kiesewetter, Holger; Kalus, Ulrich; Movassaghi, Kamran; Meyer, Oliver: Massive platelet transfusion is a rapidly effective emergency treatment in patients with refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

766
Delev, Daniel; Pavlova, Anna; Heinz, Stefan; Blaise, Mathias Costa; Chandra, Tamir; Poetsch, Bernd; Seifried, Erhard; Oldenburg, Johannes: Modelling and expression studies of two novel mutations causing factor V deficiency
773
Chauleur, Céline; Cochery-Nouvellon, Eva; Mercier, Eric; Aya, Guy; Marès, Pierre; Mismetti, Patrick; Lissalde-Lavigne, Géraldine; Gris, Jean-Christophe: Analysis of the venous thromboembolic risk associated with severe postpartum haemorrhage in the NOHA First cohort
780
Spencer, Frederick A.; Gore, Joel M.; Lessard, Darleen; Emery, Cathy; Pacifico, Luigi; Reed, George; Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Goldberg, Robert J.: Venous thromboembolism in the elderly
789
Nieto, José Antonio; Camara, Timoteo; Gonzalez-Higueras, Elena; Ruiz-Gimenez, Nuria; Guijarro, Ricardo; Marchena, Pablo Javier; Monreal, Manuel; for the RIETE Investigators: Clinical outcome of patients with major bleeding after venous thromboembolism
797
Woods, Adriana Inés; Blanco, Alicia Noemí; Chuit, Roberto; Meschengieser, Susana Sara; Kempfer, Ana Catalina; Farías, Cristina Elena; Lazzari, María Angela: Major haemorrhage related to surgery in patients with type 1 and possible type 1 von Willebrand disease
803
Bucerius, Jan; Naubereit, Anna; Joe, Alexius Y.; Ezziddin, Samer; Biermann, Kim; Risse, Jörn; Palmedo, Holger; Oldenburg, Johannes; Biersack, Hans-Jürgen: Subclinical hyperthyroidism seems not to have a significant impact on systemic anticoagulation in patients with coumarin therapy
810
Deitelzweig, Steven B.; Becker, Russ; Lin, Jay; Benner, Josh: Comparison of the two-year outcomes and costs of prophylaxis in medical patients at risk of venous thromboembolism

Platelets and Blood Cells

821
Jalagadugula, Gauthami; Dhanasekaran, Danny N.; Rao, A. Koneti: Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) responsive sequence in Gαq promoter during megakaryocytic differentiation
829
Béres, Bernát János; Tóth-Zsámboki, Emese; Vargová, Katarína; László, Ádám; Masszi, Tamás; Kerecsen, Gábor; Préda, István; Kiss, Róbert Gábor: Analysis of platelet α2-adrenergic receptor activity in stable coronary artery disease patients on dual antiplatelet therapy
837
Lovely, Rehana S.; Rein, Chantelle M.; White, Tara C.; Jouihan, Sari A.; Boshkov, Lynn K.; Bakke, Antony C.; McCarty, Owen J.; Farrell, David H.: γA/γ’ fibrinogen inhibits thrombin-induced platelet aggregation
847
DeNofrio, Jan C.; Yuan, Weiping; Temple, Brenda R.; Gentry, Holly R.; Parise, Leslie V.: Characterization of calcium- and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) knockout platelets: Potential compensation by CIB family members
857
Ball, Chalmette; Vijayan, K. Vinod; Nguyen, Trung; Anthony, Kim; Bray, Paul F.; Essex, David W.; Dong, Jing-fei: Glutathione regulates integrin αIIbβ3-mediated cell adhesion under flow conditions
864
Goldschmidt, Neta; Spectre, Galia; Brill, Alexander; Zelig, Orly; Goldfarb, Ada; Rachmilewitz, Eliezer; Varon, David: Increased platelet adhesion under flow conditions is induced by both thalassemic platelets and red blood cells

Endothelium and Vascular Development

871
Di Stefano, Rossella; Barsotti, Maria Chiara; Melillo, Elio; Iorio, Mariacarla; Santoni, Tatiana; Armani, Chiara; Dell’Omodarme, Matteo; Ristori, Chiara; De Caterina, Raffaele; Balbarini, Alberto: The prostacyclin analogue iloprost increases circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with critical limb ischemia
878
Aharon, Anat; Tamari, Tal; Brenner, Benjamin: Monocyte-derived microparticles and exosomes induce procoagulant and apoptotic effects on endothelial cells

Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

886
Liu, Xiaoli; Li, Yun; Wang, Laiyuan; Zhao, Qi; Lu, Xiangfeng; Huang, Jianfeng; Fan, Zhongjie; Gu, Dongfeng: The INSIG1 gene, not the INSIG2 gene, associated with coronary heart disease: tagSNPs and haplotype-based association study
893
Szczeklik, Wojciech; Sanak, Marek; Rostoff, Pawel; Piwowarska, Wieslawa; Jakiela, Bogdan; Szczeklik, Andrew: Common polymorphisms of cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E2 receptor and increased risk for acute coronary syndrome in coronary artery disease
899
Nagy, Edit; Janszky, Imre; Eriksson-Berg, Margita; Al-Khalili, Faris; Schenck-Gustafsson, Karin: The effects of exercise capacity and sedentary lifestyle on haemostasis among middle-aged women with coronary heart disease

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

905
Trujillo-Santos, Javier; Micco, Pierpaolo Di; Iannuzzo, Mariateresa; Lecumberri, Ramón; Guijarro, Ricardo; Madridano, Olga; Monreal, Manuel; for the RIETE Investigators: Elevated white blood cell count and outcome in cancer patients with venous thromboembolism

Animal Models

912
Montaigne, David; Marechal, Xavier; Lancel, Steve; Decoster, Brigitte; Asseman, Philippe; Neviere, Remi: The synthetic pentasaccharide fondaparinux prevents coronary microvascular injury and myocardial dysfunction in the ischemic heart

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

920
Stennicke, Henning R.; Østergaard, Henrik; Bayer, Robert J.; Kalo, Matt S.; Kinealy, Kyle; Holm, Pernille K.; Sørensen, Brit B.; Zopf, David; Bjørn, Søren E.: Generation and biochemical characterization of glycoPEGylated factor VIIa derivatives
929
Gnatenko, Dmitri V.; Zhu, Wei; Bahou, Wadie F.: Multiplexed genetic profiling of human blood platelets using fluorescent microspheres
937
Conget, Francisco; Otero, Remedios; Jiménez, David; Martí, David; Escobar, Carlos; Rodríguez, Consolación; Uresandi, Fernando; Cabezudo, Miguel Angel; Nauffal, Dolores; Oribe, Mikel; Yusen, Roger: Short-term clinical outcome after acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism
943
Donzé, Jacques; Gal, Grégoire Le; Fine, Michael J.; Roy, Pierre-Marie; Sanchez, Olivier; Verschuren, Franck; Cornuz, Jacques; Meyer, Guy; Perrier, Arnaud; Righini, Marc; Aujesky, Drahomir: Prospective validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index

Letters to the Editor

949
Weiss, Dominik R.; Thiel, Christopher; Strasser, Erwin F.; Zimmermann, Robert; Eckstein, Reinhold: An optimized electrophoresis method for high-resolution imaging of von-Willebrand multimers
952
Chung, Jihwa; Tabuchi, Noriyuki; Koyama, Takatoshi: The increase in tissue factor-bearing leukocytes after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
954
Lijnen, H. Roger: Effect of Vioxx on adipose tissue development in mice with genetically determined obesity