Avicenna's view on the prevention of thrombosis

Thrombosis is defined as “hemostasis in the wrong place”. It makes a major contribution to mortality and morbidity in a wide range of patient populations. New or recurrent strokes affect about 795,000 people in the United States each year. In a third of patients, a complication of deep venous thrombosis is caused by embolisation of the clot into the lungs . After heart attack and stroke, pulmonary embolism takes the third rank as the most common cause of death from cardiovascular disease . Venous thrombosis is a common disease with frequent recurrences. Anticoagulants can prevent its recurrence, albeit at the cost of bleeding .

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - November 12, 2012 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ashraf Al-din Gooshah Gir, Hasan Namdar, Elham Emaratkar, Esmaeil Nazem, Mohammad Bagher Minaii, Ali reza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Rasool Choopani Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research