Thrombofilia
- Thrombosis and embolism
- Not only replacement heart valve patients are reliant on long-term anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (Marcumar®, Sintrom®, Coumadin®); increasingly, patients with recidivating thrombosis (mostly in the legs)...
- Factor V Leiden mutation = APC resistance
- Thrombophilia is a condition in which the blood exhibits increased coagulability, tending to the occurrence of thrombosis.