DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 04 · Volume 105 · 2011 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35495

Invited Editorial Focus

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Ageno, Walter; Prandoni, Paolo: New insights on the role of direct thrombin inhibitors for the prevention of venous thromboembolism after major orthopaedic surgery

Clinical Focus

574
Ahrens, Ingo; Lip, Gregory Y. H.; Peter, Karlheinz: What do the RE-LY, AVERROES and ROCKET-AF trials tell us for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation?

Review Article

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Bin, Qiong; Hu, Xueying; Cao, Yunfei; Gao, Feng: The role of vitamin E (tocopherol) supplementation in the prevention of stroke
586
Turpie, Alexander G. G.; Esmon, Charles: Venous and arterial thrombosis – pathogenesis and the rationale for anticoagulation

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

597
Halimeh, Susan; Krümpel, Anne; Rott, Hannelore; Bogdanova, Nadja; Budde, Ulrich; Manner, Daniela; Faeser, Britta; Mesters, Rolf; Nowak-Göttl, Ulrike: Long-term secondary prophylaxis in children, adolescents and young adults with von Willebrand disease
605
Alexander, Kristine S.; Madden, Theresa E.; Farrell, David H.: Association between γ′ fibrinogen levels and inflammation
610
Guijarro, Ricardo; Montes, Julio; Roman, Carlos San; Arcelus, Juan Ignacio; Barillari, Giovanni; Granero, Xavier; Monreal, Manuel: Venous thromboembolism and bleeding after total knee and hip arthroplasty
616
Kao, Chung-Yang; Lin, Chia-Ni; Yang, Yung-Li; Hamaguchi, Nobuko; Yang, Shu-Jhu; Shen, Ming-Ching; Kao, Jau-Tsuen; Lin, Shu-Wha: Characterisation of factor IX with a glycine-to-valine missense mutation at residue 190 in a patient with severe haemophilia B
627
Marchi, Rita; Rojas, Héctor; Meyer, Michael; Castillo, Oscar; Sáez Ruiz, Arlette De; Weisel, John W.: A novel missense mutation in the FGB g. 3354 T>A (p. Y41N), Fibrinogen Caracas VIII
635
Luxembourg, Beate; Delev, Daniel; Geisen, Christof; Spannagl, Michael; Krause, Manuela; Miesbach, Wolfgang; Heller, Christine; Bergmann, Frauke; Schmeink, Ursula; Grossmann, Ralf; Lindhoff-Last, Edelgard; Seifried, Erhard; Oldenburg, Johannes; Pavlova, Anna: Molecular basis of antithrombin deficiency

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Castaman, Giancarlo; Tosetto, Alberto; Federici, Augusto B.; Rodeghiero, Francesco: Bleeding tendency and efficacy of anti-haemorrhagic treatments in patients with type 1 von Willebrand disease and increased von Willebrand factor clearance
655
Spiel, Alexander O.; Bartko, Johann; Schwameis, Michael; Firbas, Christa; Siller-Matula, Jolanta; Schuetz, Matthias; Weigl, Manuela; Jilma, Bernd: Increased platelet aggregation and in vivo platelet activation after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration
663
Moscardó, Antonio; Santos, María Teresa; Fuset, María Paz; Ruano, Miguel; Vallés, Juana: Residual cyclooxygenase-1 activity and epinephrine reduce the antiplatelet effect of aspirin in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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Koch, Werner; Schatke, Anna; Wolferstetter, Hannah; Mueller, Jakob C.; Schömig, Albert; Kastrati, Adnan: Extended evidence for association between the melanoma inhibitory activity 3 gene and myocardial infarction
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Animal Models

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Ramezani, Ali; Zweier-Renn, Lynnsey A.; Hawley, Robert G.: Factor VIII delivered by haematopoietic stem cell-derived B cells corrects the phenotype of haemophilia A mice

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

688
Livnat, Tami; Martinowitz, Uri; Zivelin, Ariella; Rima, Dardik; Kenet, Gili: A highly sensitive thrombin generation assay for assessment of recombinant activated factor VII therapy in haemophilia patients with an inhibitor
696
Tuffal, Gilles; Roy, Sebastien; Lavisse, Melanie; Brasseur, Denis; Schofield, Joe; Touchard, Nathalie Delesque; Savi, Pierre; Bremond, Nicolas; Rouchon, Marie-Claude; Hurbin, Fabrice; Sultan, Eric: An improved method for specific and quantitative determination of the clopidogrel active metabolite isomers in human plasma
706
Hariharan, Praveen; Takayesu, James Kimo; Kabrhel, Christopher: Association between the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI) and short-term clinical deterioration
712
Kim, Young Dae; Cha, Myoung Jin; Kim, Jinkwon; Lee, Dong Hyun; Lee, Hye Sun; Nam, Chung Mo; Nam, Hyo Suk; Heo, Ji Hoe: Ischaemic cardiovascular mortality in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation according to CHADS2 score
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Eriksson, Bengt I.; Dahl, Ola E.; Huo, Michael H.; Kurth, Andreas A.; Hantel, Stefan; Hermansson, Karin; Schnee, Janet M.; Friedman, Richard J.; for the RE-NOVATE II Study Group: Oral dabigatran versus enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis after primary total hip arthroplasty (RE-NOVATE II)
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Letters to the Editor

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Ueno, Masafumi; Ferreiro, José L.; Tomasello, Salvatore D.; Capodanno, Davide; Tello-Montoliu, Antonio; Kodali, Murali; Seecheran, Naveen; Dharmashankar, Kodlipet; Alissa, Rana; Capranzano, Piera; Desai, Bhaloo; Charlton, Ronald K.; Bass, Theodore A.; Angiolillo, Dominick J.: Functional profile of the platelet P2Y12 receptor signalling pathway in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease
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Johansson, Anna M.; Lanke, Elsa; Säll, Torbjörn; Lethagen, Stefan; Halldén, Christer: A large deletion identified in a Swedish family with type 1 VWD
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735
Tripodi, Armando: Measuring the anticoagulant effect of direct factor Xa inhibitors. Is the anti-Xa assay preferable to the prothrombin time test?
736
Devreese, Katrien; Peerlinck, Kathelijne; Hoylaerts, Marc F.: Diagnostic test combinations associated with thrombosis in lupus anticoagulant positive patients
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Bertoletti, Laurent; Righini, Marc; Bounameaux, Henri; López-Jiménez, Luciano; Tiraferri, Eros; Visonà, Adriana; Monreal, Manuel; and the RIETE Investigators: Acute venous thromboembolism after non-major orthopaedic surgery or post-traumatic limb immobilisation