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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

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arterial thrombosis thromboembolism

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018
  2. 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