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arterial thromboembolism
Etiology:
- atrial or ventricular thrombus
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiomyopathy
- atrial myxoma
- valvular heart disease
- endocarditis
- hypercoagulability
- polycythemia vera
- essential thrombocythemia [1,2]
- myelofibrosis
- hyperviscosity
- cryoglobulinemia
- pharmaceuticals
- estrogens
- anabolic steroids
- cocaine
- atherosclerosis
- cholesterol emboli
- Buerger's disease
- arterial dissection
- vasospastic disease (Raynaud's phenomenon)
- patent foramen ovale, maybe not
- venous thromboembolism with patent ductus arteriosus
- fibromuscular dsyplasia
- vasculitis
- infectious arteritis
- autoimmune arteritis
- external arterial compression
- erythrocytosis increases risk of myocardial infarction [2]
Complications:
- embolic stroke
- infarction of other organ
Management:
- arterial thrombosis due to atherosclerosis is treated with antiplatelet therapy [1]
- see atrial fibrillation
- see antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- see endocardi
General
arterial thrombosis
thromboembolism
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018
- Warny M, Helby J, Birgens HS et al.
Arterial and venous thrombosis by high platelet count and high
hematocrit: 108,521 individuals from the Copenhagen General
Population Study.
J Thromb Haemost 2019 Jul 15;
PMID: 31309714
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jth.14574