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Define: Hyperemia
Increased flow of blood in a tissue
Causes of pathologic hyperemia
1. accute inflammation
2. neovascularization
Causes of physiologic hyperemia
1. active muscles
2. GI tract after a meal
3. repro tract during estrus
4. blushing
cardinal signs of inflammation
1. rubor (redness)
2. calor (heat)
3. tumor (welling)
4. dolor (pain)
Define Passive Congestion.
distension of veins & venules with blood (also called passive hyperemia)
local or regional congestion is caused by:
impediment of venous flow (ex: thrombosis, external compression of a vein)
systemic congestion is caused by
heart failure
appearance of congested tissue:
dark red, purple, or blue
Define: Cyanosis
tissue is blue from congestion and deoxyhemoglobin (BEFORE death)
Define: Hypostatic Congestion
pooling of blood in dependent regions BEFORE death
Define: Livor mortis
postmortem lividity: dependent pooling of blood AFTER death

also called postmortem lividity
appearance of liver in acute passive congestion:
mildly swollen, dark red, oozes blood from cut surfaces

color contrast between congested centrilobular zones & less congested periportal zones gives a reticula rpattern, or 'nutmeg liver'
appearance of liver with chronic passive congestion
nutmeg pattern, reduced size, firm
Define: Nutmeg liver
a reticular pattern observed in the liver. often resulting from passive congestion
Define: Jugular pulse
distension & pulsation of jugular veins as a result of Right-Heart Failure
T/F: Left heart failure, if prolonged, predisposes to right heart failure
TRUE. increased pulmonary venous BP causes increased pulmonary arterial BP, which increases workload on the right heart, causing RHF.
in LHR, increased pulmonary arterial BP directly causes:
increased resistance to right cardiac output.
T/F: Severe pulmonary effusion can be drained by the lymphatic vessels:
False, it cannot be drained by lymphatics, which results in pulmonary edema. However, mild pulmonary effusion can be drained by the lymphatic tissues.

get effusion of fluid from blood vessels into alveolar spaces, which causes interference with gas exchange (get hypoxia & hypercapnia.... leading to acidosis)
effusion of fluid from blood vessels into alveolar spaces during severe pulmonary effusion causes:
hypoxia & hypecapnia... leading to acidosis
appearance of chronic passive congestion in the lung:
heavy, wet (oozes fluid & blood from cut surface), brown-tinged( because of hemosiderin within alveolar macrophages)
Define: Hemorrhage by diapedesis
leakage of erythrocytes across capillary walls
Define: Heart failure cells
Hemosiderin-laden macrophages within pulmonary alveoli secondary to CHRONIC passive congestion.

Note if severe enough, can impart a brown color to lung
Define: Cor pulmonale
RHF caused by pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Causes of cor pulmonale:
- emphysema
- pneumonia with vascular changes
- high altitude disease in cattle
- heartworm infestation in dogs
Define: Dilation
lumenal expansion within normal physiological limits
Define dilation
expansion of a lumen within normal physiological limits
T/F Internal hemorrhage is outside of the body?
False! it's inside the body

(always nice to have a confidence-booster)
Define: melena
when blood lost in the upper GIT turns dark black (tarry) as it is digested.
What is the color of blood lost in the lower GIT?
red
When the rate of hemorrhage is slow, the body can survive more...
(a) internal hemorrhage than external
(b)external hemorrhage than internal
A.... when the rate of hemorrhage is slow, the body is better at surviving when the hemorrhage is internal.

This is because blood constituents (fluid, protein, iron) can be recycled

Note: an exception to this is internal hemorrhage in critical locations (lungs, pericardial sac, and intracranially)
When hemorrhage in the pericardial sac causes a build-up of external pressure, thus preventing cardiac filling, this is called_____.
cardiac tamponade
coughing caused by blood in airways _____ the hemorrhage:

(a) diminishes
(b) exacerbates
B, coughing up blood exacerbates the hemorrhage.
Why is intracranial hemorrhaging such a critical issue?
the brain is in the rigid cranium, which cannot expand.
How will intracranial hemorrhaging look grossly?
- edematous brain & meninges
- cerebral gyri may be pressed flat
- cerebellum may herniate caudally out of the foramen magnum
blue hemorrhage is caused by what?
oxyhemoglobin & deoxyhemoglobin
what is the cause of green hemorrhage?
yellow + blue = green

yellow- from macrophages engulfing RBCs and forming bilirubin & biliverdin

dark red/blue- from oxyhemoglobin/deoxyhemoglobin
what is the size of each of the following?
1- petechiae
2- ecchymoses
3- hematoma
1- petechiae= pinpoint to few mm, multifocal

2- ecchymoses= several mm, multifocal

3= hematoma= large hemorrhage, usually 3-D.
another word for contusion:
bruise
another word for petechiae or ecchymoses:
purpura
Define: Thrombocytopenia/thrombocytopathy
reduced # or function of platelets
T/F vasculitis is immune-mediated
TRUE. precipitation of Ag-Ab complexes, which are chemotactic for neutrophils, result in vascular damage.
T/F: Diffusely red tissue is indicative of hemorrhage
FALSE!

It's indicative of: hyperemia, hypostatic congestion, Hb imbibition, and post-mortem lividity
_____ is the disruption of RBCs and staining of tissues with free Hb
Hemoglobin Imbibition
what is the term used to describe hemorrhage into joints?
hemoarthrosis
Define: hyphema
hemorrhage into anterior compartment of the eye.
Define: Exsanguination
severe acute hemorrhage, usually sufficient to cause death.
What is the term used to describe systemic bleeding caused by deficiency of clotting factors?
hemorrhagic or bleeding diathesis
This term refers to EITHER hemorrhagic diathesis OR uncontrolled coagulation:
coagulopathy
during acute hemorrhage, the rapid compensation by the baroreceptor response leads to:
peripheral vasoconstriction
during cute hemorhage, a response from the renin-angiotension-aldosterone system causes:
- vasoconstriction
- retention of Na & H2O
the body's response to systemic hypotension (such as in acute hemorrhage) includes:
1- compensation by baroreceptor response --> peripheral vasoconstriction

2-renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system --> vasoconstriction and retention of Na & H2O

3-release of ADH --> acts on nephron to promote water resorption
Consequences of shock include:
- decreased blood perfusion of tissues
- cellular hypoxia
- anaerobic metabolism
- acidosis
- cell death
shock means:
circulatory failure
hypovolemic shock is caused by:
-hemorrhage

-dehydration (diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, water deprivation)
cardiogenic shock is caused by:
heart failure
septic shock can be caused by:
- endotoxins
- Gram-positive bacteria
- fungal infections
Neurogenic shock can be caused by:
-anesthetic accidents
-CNS trauma
anaphylactic shock is caused by:
IgE binding of basophils & mast cells and the release of histamine & other vasoactive substances (arteriolar dilation results)
non-progressive shock is also called:
compensated shock
during compensated shock, the decreased systemic BP initiates many compensatory measures. These include:
Rapid Compensatory Measures=
- baroreceptor reflex (peripheral vasoconstriction)
-medullary reflexes
-catecholamine release from adrenals

Slower Compensatory Measures=
-renin-angiotensin cascade
-secretion of ADH from neurohypophysis
Of the following, which is the least sensitive to hypoxia:

a. neurons
b. hepatocytes
c. renal epithelium
d. skeletal muscle
e.myocardiocytes
D, skeletal muscle
During uncompensated shock, the hypoperfusion of tissues causes hypoxia, which on the cellular level, causes:
anaerobic cellular metabolism (less efficient production of ATP, adn causes systemic acidosis)
Endothelial cells damaged from hypoxia release ___, which causes _____.
Nitric oxide (NO)

systemic dilation of capillary beds
hypoxic & acidotic damage to endothelium, combined with sludging of blood results in _______
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
T/F: septic shock can be induced by injection of LPS alone.
TRUE
acute phase proteins are produced where?
liver
Clinical signs of shock include:
-cold skin & etremities
-tachycardia (weak, rapid pulse)
-cyanotic mucous membranes
-slow capillary refill time
-weakness, disorientation
What is Friedrickson-Waterhouse syndrome?
adrenocortical hemorrhage & necrosis associated with septic shock.

occurs in people too.
What is hemostasis?
The arrest of bleeding.
Hemostasis results in the formation of what?
A hemostatic plug.
What is a clotted mass of blood formed from the inappropriate activation of hemostatic mechanism?
Thrombus
What is a mass traveling in the blood stream?
Embolism
What are the great majority of emboli?
Bits broken off of thrombi
What is syneresis?
Process of clot retraction that expels serum.
What is the first step in hemostasis?
Reflex vasoconstriction
What is the second step in hemostasis?
Activatin of platelets and formation of primary platelet plug
What is the third step in hemostasis?
Activation of coagulation cascases to form a terminal plug
What is the fourth step in hemostasis?
Confinement of platelet activity and coagulation to the site of injury
What is the fifth step in hemostasis?
Resolution of the hemostatic plug by fibrinolysis or fibrosis
What do the multiple initiators in hemostasis do?
activate platelets and coagulation factors, amplify cascades by feedback loops, inhibit platelets and coagulation factors, and dissolve fibrin
How is hemostasis initiated?
by alteration of the endothelium
What are the two coagulation cascades?
Intrinsic and extrinsic
How do the coagulation cascades terminated?
In a common pathway
The terminal path of the coagulation cascades produces what?
Thrombin and ultimately fibrin
Most coagulation factors are _________ that are synthesized in the liver.
proteins
Coagulation profactors must be post-translationally modified in what way in order to be processed?
In a vitamin K dependent process
Each step in coagulation cascades consist of ____________________
A complex of an activated coagulation factor and an inactivated coagulation factor
Thrombosis is predisposed by?
Virchow's Triad
Define: Virchow's Triad
1. Injury to vascular wall
2. Altered blood flow as a result of stasis or turbulence
3. Hypercoagulability
Examples of Vascular Injury
1. trauma
2. infection
3. Immune-mediated disease
4. degenerative/metabolic
Mechanism of Vascular Injury
exposes underlying collage or causes release of tissue factor from endothelium
Mechanism of Stasis
1. allows platelets to settle and contact endothelium.
2. prevents clotting factors from being swept away
Causes of stasis:
1. shock,
2. cardiac arrhythmias
3. prolonged immobility
4. focal myocardial fibrosis (area of non-contraction and focal stasis)
5. abnormally shaped RBC's which lodge in capillaries
mechanism of turbulence
disrupts laminar flow which allows platelets to contact endothelium
causes of turbulence:
1. cardiomyopathy
2. arterial aneurysms
3. stenotic or insufficient cardiac valves
4. erythrocyte abnormalities
acquired hypercoagulable conditions: (4)
1. nephrotic syndrome:
a. glomerular damage=
b. loss of small proteins in urine=
c. hypoalbuminemia, edema, and hypercoagulability from deficient AT-III
2. increasing age (decreased prostacyclin production)
a. dec PGI2=
b. incr tendency of platlet agregation
c. thats why older ppl take aspirin
3. vasculidites (arteritis or phlebitis)
a. from endothelial infection or immune-med damage
4. certain cancers may produce tissue factor
inherited hypercoagulable conditions: (1)
inherited deficiencies of anticoagulant proteins: AT-III, Protein C, Protein S
Characteristics of Arterial Thrombosis
1. often occlusive (infarction in endarterial supply, ex:renal cortex)
2. grow retrograde
3. "lines of Zahn" are seen histologically. Alternating laminae of pale fibrin and platelets, and darker erythrocytes
Characteristics of venous thrombosis (phlebothrombosis)
1. at autopsy, hard to distiguish from post-mortem clots
2. adhered to vascular wall, while post mortem not
3. postmortem clots usually have a dark red dependent portion, and a clear or tan, gelatinous superficial portion
Fates of thrombi
1. propagation (enlargement)
2. embolization (fragment into blood)
3. dissolution (by plasmin)
4. organization and recanalization
a. incorporation into wall and blood flow reestablished around it
b. occlusive, but undergoes fibrosis and vascular channels form through it
5. infection (fertile soil for bacteria)
a. septic vs bland
Fates of emboli
1. lodge (hard to distinguish from primary thrombus)
a. mult infarc or thrombi in kidney suggest emboli from left cardiac valves
2. 99% of emboli from thrombi but could also be foreign mat, gases, cartilage, lipid
3. Feline dilitative cardiomyopathy: form mural thrombi in left heart which may break and lodge in distal aorta
define; saddle thrombis
embolus lodged in vascular birfurcation
define: infarct
area of necrosis caused by occlusion of blood flow.
Causes of Infarcts
arterial or venous thrombosis
describe infarcted tissue grossly
necrotic tissue appears pale and edges reddened. A rim forms around the infarct as a result of vasodilation and neovascularization. Many infarcts are wedge-shaped or symmetrical, reflecting anatomy of vascular supply.
describe infarcted tissue histologically
necrotic
define: white, pale, or anemic infarcts
1. affected tissue is pale due to occlusion of arterial supply
2. occur most often in solid organs with end arterial supply (kidney, spleen, heart)
define: red infarcts
1. affected tissue is red or purple from hemorrhage or engorgement of veins
2. hemorrhage occurs in loose tissue (lung, liver) with dual blood supply (lung, intestine), or as a result of venous infarct (ovary, testis, spleen)
3. infarcts can also hemorrhage after lysis of the occluding thromboembolus
define: septic and bland infarcts
1. infarction may result from occlusion by septic embolus, thrombosis may be predisposed by septicemia or bacteria may invade thrombi and necrotic tissue
2. septic infarcts usually become abscesses
What is von Willebrand's disease?
an inherited deficiency of vWF which impedes formation of the primary platelet plug and associated coagulation. In such animals, prolonged bleeding but normal platelet count is seen.

note: highest prevalence is in Doberman pinscher
a deficiency of factor VIII causes:
Hemophilia A. it's a sex-linked trait
a deficiency of factor IX causes:
Hemophilia B, can be sex-linked
Anticoagulant rodenticides inhibit ____, which is produced in the ____.
Vitamin K, Liver

its production in the liver is inhibited, causing Vit. K-dependent coagulation factors in the blood to become depleted.
These animals see sweet clover poisoning:
livestock.
Sweet clover poisoning contains onnocuous ______ chemicals
coumarin
Most coagulation enzymes are synthesized by the ______, and this organ's fialure can cause a terminal coagulopathy
LIVER

Loss of 80% of liver can result in inadequate production of coagulation factors and terminal hemorrhagic diathesis
The most common bleeding disorder in dogs and cats is______.
Thrombocytopenia
Define Thrombocytopenia:
decreased numbers of platelets.

It can be due to increased destruction or decreased production of platelets.
Increased destruction of platelets is one cause of Thrombocytopenia. What are some causes of the increased destruction?
- immune mediated thrombocytopenia (IMTP)
-drug-induced thrombocytopenia
-administration of modified-live virus vaccines
-rickettsial infections
-viral infections
Decreased production of platelets is one of two causes of Thrombocytopenia. What can cause this decreased production?
- neoplasia effacing bone marrow
-aplastic anemia (chloremphenicol toxicosis)
-radiation
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is also called;
consumption coagulopathy
What are the two general mechanisms that can trigger DIC?
1- excessive release of coagulation activating substances into circulation

2-widespread injury to endothelial cells
Conditions that can result in DIC:
-extensive necrosis
-shock
-vasculitis
-sepsis
-various cancers
-burns
-systemic viral diseases
-heat stroke
-snake bite
-acute pancreatitis
-polycythemia (incr. concentration in RBCs)
-the nephrotic syndroms (renal loss of AT-III)
DIC can be clinically confirmed by:
-elevated FDP's
-thrombocytopenia
-hypofibrinogemia
-presence of acanthocytes & schistocytes
Hemostatic reaction usually takes place on ____________
a phospholipid membrane usually provided by platelets in the presence of Ca++
What must happen to coagulation profactors in order to be functional?
Must be post-translationally modified in a Vitamin K dependent process in order to be functional
What are the Vitamin K dependent clotting factors?
Prothrombin (II), VII, IX, X
Vitamin K deficiency is rare or common?
Rare
What inhibits the action of Vitamin K in the production of coagulation factors?
Coumarin (Warfarin)
Hemostatic events initiate_______
Inflammation, specifically secretion of vasoactive amines and chemotatic factors and increased expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules
What is the anticoagulant state?
Normal resting state of blood and endothelium
What forms a barrier to prevent platelets and clotting factors from exposure to underlying procoagulant factors?
Endothelium
Resting endothelium expresses ______________
An antiplatelet, anticoagulant, and fibronolytic phenotype
In the procaogulant state of hemostasis, what is secreted and what is it?
Endothelin (vasoconstrictor)
What happens to endothelial cells in the procoagulant state?
Endothelial cells are retracted to expose underlying collagen, tissue factor, and vWF
The endothelium in the procoagulant state secretes ____________
Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)
What is a neuorgenic reflex that occurs in response to endothelial injury and also causes secretion of endothelin?
Transient vasoconstriction
What happens when platelets are exposed to collagen and other subendothelial factors?
They become activated and adhere to collagen via vWF
What do platelet secretory granules secrete?
ADP, thromboxane (TXA)2, Ca++, vasoactive amines, coagulation factors, and growth factors (PDGF, TGF-beta)
T/F Early platelet adhesion during stasis is reversible?
T
Aggregation of platelets that are activated in hemostasis form what?
The primary platelet plug
What causes the primary platelet plug to grow?
ADP, TXA2
Where is tissue factor located?
Endothelial membranes
What happens when endothelium is damaged, as far as tissue factor is concerned?
Tissue factor is exposed to plasma
What happens when plasma is exposed to tissue factor?
Extrinsic coagulation cascade is initiated
What activates the intrinsic coagulation cascade?
Exposre of sunendothelial collagen and High Molecular Weight Kininogen
What happens when fibrinogen is converted to fibrin?
Fibrin polymerization
Thrombin is absorbed to _____
Fibrin
Fibrin is inactivated in the blood by ___________
AT-III
What increases the activity of AT-III?
Heparin
Heparin is secreted by _________ and __________
basophils and mast cells
How are platelet aggregation and and coagulation confined to the region of endothelial damage?
Endothelial secretion of inhibiting and fibrinolytic factors adjacent to the injury and by blood flow
What happens to plasminogen trapped within clots?
It is slowly converted to plasmin by the action of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA)
Breakdown of fibrin forms __________
Fibrin degradation products
Fluid accumulation in the peritoneal cavity
hyroperitoneum or acites
Fluid accumulation in the thorax
hydrothorax
Fluid accumulation within the pericaridal sac
hydropericardium
Generalized edema, usually in the fetus
anasarca
Some things that lead to edema (there are 9 in the notes!)
inflammation, heart failure, pulmonary disease, renal disease, hepatic disease, gastrointestinal disease and pancreatic disease, neoplasia, malnutrition, certain types of parasitism
Edema can the be the result of?
(4 different situations)
blood pressure, osmotic pressure, endothelial integrity, lymphatic drainage
Consequences of edema vary according to severity and location. What are three locations in the body that edema can form in and what happens if edema is there?
1. skin=room to swell
2. brain=no room
3. lung=intereferes with gas exchange
Edema in the lungs can lead to...
hypoxia, hypercapnia, acidosis
What is the gross appearance of tissues with edema?
swollen
heavy
wet
widening of fascial planes
gelatinous (pitting edema)
Appearance of inflammatory edema vs. noninflammatory edema
inflammatory: dark, gelatinous
noninflam: pale yellow and watery
Histological appearance of edema?
thickening, widening of tissue
clear, empty spaces bt collagen fibers and cells
lymphatic vessels are dilated
alveolar spaces are bigger than they should be
Unclassified fluid?
effusion
effusion with low protein and low cellularity
transudate
effusion with high protein and high cellularity
exudate
an effusion with high protein and low cellularity or low protein and high cellularity
modified transudate (has properties between exudate and transudate)
Dissolved particles?
solute
liquid that particles are in?
solvent
where does exchange of water always occur?
in beds of capillaries or small venules
osmotic pressure due to proteins is called?
colloid osmotic pressure or oncotic pressure
the majority of colloidal osmotic pressure is due to what protein? synthesized where?
albumin, synthesized in liver
What grows aroud the clot in hemostasis?
Endothelium
Which pathway is more rapid and more easily activated in hemostasis?
Extrinsic pathway
Which pathway in hemostasis is more important in extensive injuries?
Intrinsic pathway
T/F Vitamin K is a coagulation factor
F
Where is vWF located?
Circulation and subendothelial matrix
where are hydrostatic pressures greatest?
arteriolar side of capillary
where are hydrostatic forces lowest?
in the interstitium
things that tend to pull water out of vessels?
blood pressure and osmotic pressure
things that tend to pull water into blood?
hydrostatic pressure
Is there a difference bt the composition of normal lymph fluid and normal interstitial fluid?
not much difference in the composition
Does dehydration cause net flow of water into or out of the interstitium?
out of interstitium into capillaries
Does accute hemorrhage cause net flow of water into or out of the capillaries?
into the capillaries out of the interstitium
what causes edema by increasing blood pressure?
1. hyperemia
2. local passive congestion
Is hyperemia a local or systemic process?
local
when edema results from increased venous blood pressure instead of increased arterial blood pressure, this is called?
local passive congestion
Heart failure has the same effects as local passive congestion, except?
it is regional or systemic, not local
How can RHF lead to ascites?
RHF-->passive congestion of liver-->increase portal venous bp-->increased mesenteric and intestinal venous bp-->ascites
How can decompensated left heart failure lead to death?
LHF-->pulmonary edema-->interference with gas exchange--> hypoxemia-->further depression of cardiac function-->death
hypoproteinemia is generally synonymous with?
hypoalbuminemia
Things that cause hypoproteinemia by decreasing protein synthesis?
1. protein malnutrition
2. end stage liver disease
Things that cause hypoproteinemia by increasing protein loss?
1. parasitism
2. renal disease (a. glomerular amyloidosis, b. glomerulonephritis)
3. gastrointestinal disease
4. extensive cutaneous burns
Things that cause edema by impairing lymph drainage?
1. lymphangitis or lymphadenitis
2. blockage of lymph vessels by invasive or metastatic cancer
what is the sequence of events of inflammatory edema?
1. damage to endothelium
2. leakage of protein across capillary walls
3. increased interstitial colloid osmotic pressure
4. fibrin strands form on serosal surfaces
Presence of fibrin is proof of?
damaged leaky endothelium
high protein in edema stains what color?
pale pink
What does vWF do?
Anchors platelets to subendothelial collagen
If vWF levels are insufficient, what happens to factor VIII levels?
Factor VIII levels may also be suboptimal
In hemostasis, fibrinogen is also known as ______
I
In hemostasis, Ia is also known as __________
Fibrin
In hemostasis, II is also known as ___________
Prothrombin
In hemostasis, Thrombin is also known as _________
IIa
In hemostasis, tissue factor is also known as ___________
Thromboplastin, Factor III
In hemostasis, Xa is also known as ____________
Prothrombin activator
In hemostasis, Hageman factor is also known as __________
XII
In hemostasis, V is also known as ___________
Proaccelerin
In hemostasis, fibrin stabilizing factor is also known as ______________
XIII
What is the order of the intrinsic coagulation cascade in hemostasis?
1. Contact activation with collagen 2. Factor VII is turned in Factor VIIa in presence of HMWK 3. XIIa converts XI to XIa 4. XIa converts IX (K dependent) to IXa 5. IXa converts X to Xa 6. Xa is part of the common pathway
What is the order of the extrinsic coagulation cascade in hemostasis?
1. Release of a tissue factor complex from damaged cells 2. Factor VII converted to Factor VIIa 3. Factor VIIa converts X to Xa 4. Xa is part of common pathway
What is the order of the common coagulation cascade in hemostasis?
1. Factor Xa from either intrinsic or extrinsic cascade 2. Factor Xa converts prothrombin (K dependent) to thrombin 3. Thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin 4. Fibrin monomers spontaneously form linear fibrin polymers 5. Fibrin polymers are strengthened and form numerous covalent cross-links by the action of fibrin stabilizing factor.
GUARANTEED EXAM QUESTION:
what starts coagulation in vivo?
tissue factor
GUARANTEED EXAM QUESTION:
what is the most critical step in coagulation?
thrombin formation
GUARANTEED EXAM QUESTION: why can't factor 10 leak out of tissue?
because it is immediately destroyed
GUARANTEED EXAM QUESTION:
The major antithrombotic effect is against which factors?
10a and 2a
GUARANTEED EXAM QUESTION:
______ can be measured in circulation, and are indicative of fibrin degradation (that an active clot was formed)
D-Dimers
GUARANTEED EXAM QUESTION:
Measuring D-dimers in the circulation is a measure of _____ degradation.
Fibrin (NOT fibrinogen)
What are the Vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors?
2, 7, 9, 10, PC, PS