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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Etiology

Classically, thrombosis is caused by abnormalities in one or more of the following (Virchow's triad):

  • The composition of the blood (hypercoagulability)
  • Quality of the vessel wall (endothelial cell injury)
  • Nature of the blood flow (hemostasis)

The formation of a thrombus is usually caused by the top three causes, known as Virchow's triad. To elaborate, the pathogenesis includes:

  • an injury to the vessel's wall (such as by trauma, infection, or turbulent flow at bifurcations)
  • by the slowing or stagnation of blood flow past the point of injury (which may occur after long periods of sendentary behavior - for example, sitting on a long airplane flight
  • by a blood state of hypercoagulability (caused for example, by genetic deficiencies or autoimmune disorders).

High altitude has also been known to induce thrombosis [3][4]. Occasionally, abnormalities in coagulation are to blame.

Intravascular coagulation follows, forming a structureless mass of red blood cells, leukocytes, and fibrin.

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