DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Ausgabe 03 · Volume 95 · 2006 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35499

Editorial Focus

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Ikonomidis, Ignatios; Lekakis, John; Kremastinos, Dimitrios T.: Inflammatory markers for risk stratification in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Time for a ‘multimarker’ approach?
399
Dempfle, Carl-Erik: D-dimer: Standardization versus harmonization

Review Article

401
Franchini, Massimo: Haemostasis and pregnancy

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

414
de Lange, Marlies; de Geus, Eco J. C.; Kluft, Cornelis; Meijer, Piet; van Doornen, Lorenz J. P.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Snieder, Harold: Genetic influences on fibrinogen, tissue plasminogen activatorantigen and von Willebrand factor in males and females
420
Mannila, Maria Nastase; Eriksson, Per; Ericsson, Carl-Göran; Hamsten, Anders; Silveira, Angela: Epistatic and pleiotropic effects of polymorphisms in the fibrinogen and coagulation factor XIII genes on plasma fibrinogen concentration, fibrin gel structure and risk of myocardial infarction
428
Assayag, Einor Ben; Bova, Irena; Berliner, Shlomo; Peretz, Hava; Usher, Sali; Shapira, Itzhak; Bornstein, Natan M.: Gender differences in the expression of erythrocyte aggregation in relation to Bβ-fibrinogen gene polymorphisms in apparently healthy individuals
434
Hyytiäinen, Satu; Wartiovaara-Kautto, Ulla; Ulander, Veli-Matti; Kaaja, Risto; Heikinheimo, Markku; Petäjä, Jari: The procoagulant effects of factor V Leiden may be balanced against decreased levels of factor V and do not reflect in vivo thrombin formation in newborns
441
Lev, Eli I.; Patel, Rajnikant; Karim, Azim; Kleiman, Amanda; Badimon, Juan J.; Kleiman, Neal S.: Anti-thrombotic effect of bivalirudin compared with eptifibatide and unfractionated heparin in diabetic patients
447
Wåhlander, Karin; Eriksson-Lepkowska, Maria; Nyström, Per; Eriksson, Ulf G.; Sarich, Troy C.; Badimon, Juan J.; Kalies, Inge; Elg, Margareta; Bylock, Anders: Antithrombotic effects of ximelagatran plus acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and clopidogrel plus ASA in a human ex vivo arterial thrombosis model
454
Rudack, Claudia; Langer, Claus; Stoll, Wolfgang; Rust, Stephan; Walter, Michael: Vascular risk factors in sudden hearing loss

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Khan, Mohammad M. H.; Hattori, Takashi; Niewiarowski, Stefan; Edmunds, L. Henry; Colman, Robert W.: Truncated and microparticle-free soluble tissue factor bound to peripheral monocytes preferentially activate factor VII
469
Hennan, James K.; Swillo, Robert E.; Morgan, Gwen A.; Leik, Courtney E.; Brooks, Jonathan M.; Shaw, Gray D.; Schaub, Robert G.; Crandall, David L.; Vlasuk, George P.: Pharmacologic inhibition of platelet vWF-GPIbα interaction prevents coronary artery thrombosis
476
Cornelissen, Jacqueline; Kirtland, Stephen; Lim, Eric; Goddard, Martin; Bellm, Sarah; Sheridan, Kate; Large, Stephen; Vuylsteke, Alain: Biological efficacy of low against medium dose aspirin regimen after coronary surgery: Analysis of platelet function
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Noris, Patrizia; Guidetti, Gianni F.; Conti, Valeria; Ceresa, Iride F.; Di Pumpo, Michele; Pecci, Alessandro; Torti, Mauro; Savoia, Anna; Balduini, Carlo L.: Autosomal dominant thrombocytopenias with reduced expression of glycoprotein Ia
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Wang, Jong-Shyan; Yen, Hsiang-Ling; Yang, Chuen-Mao: Warm-up exercise suppresses platelet-eosinophil/neutrophil aggregation and platelet-promoted release of eosinophil/neutrophil oxidant products enhanced by severe exercise in men

Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

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Viswanathan, Kasinath; Liu, Liying; Vaziri, Sepideh; Dai, Erbin; Richardson, Jakob; Togonu-Bickersteth, Babajide; Vatsya, Pracha; Christov, Alexander; Lucas, Alexandra R.: Myxoma viral serpin, Serp-1, a unique interceptor of coagulation and innate immune pathways
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Tuomisto, Karolina; Jousilahti, Pekka; Sundvall, Jouko; Pajunen, Pia; Salomaa, Veikko: C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha as predictors of incident coronary and cardiovascular events and total mortality

Endothelium and Vascular Development

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Vasse, Marc; Denoyelle, Christophe; Corbière, Cécile; Litzler, Pierre-Yves; Legrand, Elisabeth; Vannier, Jean-Pierre: Human endothelial cells synthesize protein Z, but not the protein Z dependent inhibitor

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Tarui, Takehiko; Akakura, Nobuaki; Majumdar, Mousumi; Andronicos, Nicholas; Takagi, Junichi; Mazar, Andrew P.; Bdeir, Khalil; Kuo, Alice; Yarovoi, Serge V.; Cines, Douglas B.; Takada, Yoshikazu: Direct interaction of the kringle domain of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and integrin αvβ3 induces signal transduction and enhances plasminogen activation
535
Ludwig, Ralf J.; Alban, Susanne; Bistrian, Roxana; Boehncke, Wolf-Henning; Kaufmann, Roland; Henschler, Reinhard; Gille, Jens: The ability of different forms of heparins to suppress P-selectin function in vitro correlates to their inhibitory capacity on bloodborne metastasis in vivo
541
Ögren, Mats; Bergqvist, David; Wåhlander, Karin; Eriksson, Henry; Sternby, Nils H.: Trousseau’s syndrome – what is the evidence?

Animal Models

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Dardik, Rima; Leor, Jonathan; Skutelsky, Ehud; Castel, David; Holbova, Radka; Schiby, Ginette; Shaish, Aviv; Dickneite, Gerhard; Loscalzo, Joseph; Inbal, Aida: Evaluation of the pro-angiogenic effect of factor XIII in heterotopic mouse heart allografts and FXIII-deficient mice

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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Jayandharan, Giridhara R.; Viswabandya, Auro; Baidya, Shoma; Nair, Sukesh C.; George, Biju; Mathews, Vikram; Chandy, Mammen; Srivastava, Alok: Mutations in coagulation factor XIII A gene in eight unrelated Indians
557
Zacharowski, Kai; Sucker, Christoph; Zacharowski, Paula; Hartmann, Matthias: Thrombelastography for the monitoring of lipopolysaccharide induced activation of coagulation
562
Jiménez, David; Díaz, Gema; Marín, Elena; Vidal, Rafael; Sueiro, Antonio; Yusen, Roger D.: The risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with unprovoked symptomatic deep vein thrombosis and asymptomatic pulmonary embolism
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Meijer, Piet; Haverkate, Frits; Kluft, Cornelis; de Moerloose, Philippe; Verbruggen, Bert; Spannagl, Michael: A model for the harmonisation of test results of different quantitative D-dimer methods

Case Report

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D’Angelo, Armando; Valle, Patrizia Della; Fattorini, Annalisa; Crippa, Luciano: Disappearance of anti-PF4/heparin antibodies under prolonged fondaparinux administration in a patient with DVT associated with LMWH-induced thrombocytopenia
576
Spronk, Peter E.; Rommes, Johannes H.; Schaar, Cees; Ince, Can: Thrombolysis in fulminant purpura: Observations on changes in microcirculatory perfusion during succesful treatment
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Girardis, Massimo; Marietta, Marco; Busani, Stefano; Codeluppi, Mauro; Villa, Erica; Pasetto, Alberto: Rectal amputation sparing by haemostatic therapy with recombinant factor VIIa in a patient with cytomegalovirus–related colitis
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Le Cam-Duchez, Véronique; Chrétien, Marie-Hélène; Saugier-Veber, Pascale; Borg, Jeanne-Yvonne: Factor V Cambridge mutation and activated protein C resistance assays

Letters to the Editor

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van der Heiden, Pirn L. J.; Prins, Martin H.; de Monyé, Wouter; van Strijen, Marco L. J.; Banga, Jan Dirk; Postmus, Piet E.; ten Wolde, Marije; Büller, Harry R.; Brandjes, Desiderius P. M.; Huisman, Menno V.; on behalf of the ANTELOPE study group: Pulmonary embolism as a first clinical sign of occult malignancy: A prospective follow-up study
585
Verdú, José; Marco, Pascual; Benlloch, Susana; Sanchez, José; Lucas, Javier: Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) polymorphisms and plasmaTAFI levels measured with an ELISA insensitive to isoforms in patients with venous thromboembolic disease (VTD)
587
Bonfigli, Anna Rita; Marra, Maurizio; Sirolla, Cristina; Boemi, Massimo; Mari, Daniela; Sacchi, Elisabetta; Procopio, Antonio; Recchioni, Rina; Franceschi, Claudio; Giovagnetti, Simona; Testa, Roberto: lnterleukin-6 is a determinant of PAI-1 levels in diabetic subjects with the 4G allele at position -675 of the PAI-1 gene
589
Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Pai, Jennifer K.; Pischon, Tobias; Manson, JoAnn E.; Rimm, Eric B.: Thrombospondin-4 Ala387Pro polymorphism is not associated with vascular function and risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women