Not Signed In - Blood clots outstretch rubber bands in odd test
Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:10 PM EST
... The fibers that make up blood clots are more elastic than rubber bands and stretchier than spider webs. They’re even tougher than doctors suspected — a discovery that could lead to improved treatment of heart attacks and strokes. ...
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- Thrombophlebitis
- Laboratory Tests
- Blood in Urine
- Iron Tests
- Blood Gases
- Tests
- Diagnostic Tests
- Glucose
- Blood Culture
- Blood clots to other location of the body -- brain, intestine, legs
- Blood clots that travel to brain, kidneys, lungs, or abdomen
- Antibody Tests
- Pregnancy Test
- Blood/Blood Transfusion
- Blood Transfusion
- Blood clots or an infected clot that travels other organs, causing infection and severe damage
- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Blood Disorders
- Blood Donation
- GGT
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