Thrombosis and Bleeding: An Era of DiscoveryThe maintenance of the fluid state of the blood in the blood vessels is essential for blood flow and life, but almost equally important is the mechanism to stem the loss of blood following injury and trauma. The subject of blood clotting and thrombosis has long been a difficult and confusing one. However progress in the field during the last half century or so has been phenomenal, almost unbelievably so, and many previously inexplicable findings now have rational explanations. This book is primarily an attempt to give the reader a short overall view of the mechanisms involved in these vital processes and their significance both in health and disease. The approach has been a historical one in the sense that I have related the key discoveries more or less in the order in which they evolved. I have done this to enable me to introduce new data in incremental steps and to avoid overwhelming the reader with new information. I have also sprinkled the book with anecdotes and historical events to make the narrative more interesting reading. The goal throughout was to write a book that was informative and could be understood by the general reader.
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Contents
CHAPTER 1 | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 | 17 |
CHAPTER 3 | 35 |
CHAPTER 4 | 64 |
CHAPTER 5 | 74 |
CHAPTER 6 | 88 |
CHAPTER 7 | 100 |
CHAPTER 8 | 131 |
CHAPTER 9 | 152 |
NOTES TO CHAPTERS | 179 |